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Short memo discussing the unattractiveness of a hydraulic accumulator for operating a gun.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 159\5\  scan0062
Date  26th September 1940
  
COPY.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /TAS. {T. Allan Swinden} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork}

Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 12/ML.26.9.40.

Many thanks for Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /TAS. {T. Allan Swinden} 6/JH.20.9.40.

Unless the power required to operate the gun is very much less than we anticipate, the hydraulic accumulator does not appear to be a very attractive proposition.

Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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).


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