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).
Instruction to manufacture a modified Bentley Universal Unit with a crankshaft extension for test bed mounting.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\2\ scan0146 | |
Date | 28th May 1935 | |
To - E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to EJJ. X1003 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}2/GB.28.5.35. BENTLEY UNIVERSAL UNIT. In accordance with the decision given at the Aero Conference on the 22nd instant, and with the instructions to EJJ. in Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}3/R.24.5.35, will you please instruct the manufacture of one Bentley Universal Unit similar to the existing unit except that to facilitate satisfactory mounting on the test bed the crankshaft be brought through at both ends, a new extension being capable of motoring the unit up to 5000 R.P.M. -------------------- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} | ||