From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Recommendation to add a pocket with a detachable cover to the flywheel casing to prevent damage from dropped parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\2\ scan0314 | |
| Date | 1st August 1921 | |
| Flywheel casing. X4244 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 3/294 8.21 At present, if any small nut or screw is dropped through the Inspection Cover above the clutch, it falls down and the lowest point is the gear ring on the flywheel. If anything drops in when the engine is running it is liable to either smash the gear teeth or the case. We recommend that a small pocket with a detachable cover from underneath should be cast in which would form a protection so that in the case of any small nuts or screws being dropped in, they cannot smash up the engine. In erecting the engine, a nut was dropped in and we had to turn the engine upside-down to get it out. To be continued. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (Inverted text at bottom): R.R. 235A (100 T) (S.H.) 159 (11-S-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2800 | ||