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).
Horn failure due to blockage from rain or snow, suggesting a flexible mounting as a solution.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\9\ img003 | |
| Date | 12th June 1936 guessed | |
| -2- If however, these horns are driven at speed into a rain storm, the force of wind is sufficient to hold up the water no matter how clean the inside of the trumpet and tube may be. This will only happen under very severe conditions. A further indication of the probability of the foregoing remarks, is that the same trouble occurs in snow when the trumpet gets visibly blocked. It is also suggested that the flexible mounting would assist in keeping the passages clear, whereas the solid mounting as now used would accelerate the possibility of failure. GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/H.F.Hamilton. | ||