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).
Two defects with the cheapened and lightened starting handle for the Wraith, requiring correction.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\5\ scan0031 | |
| Date | 27th October 1937 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. 1003 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.3/AP.27.10.37. When detailing the cheapened and lightened starting handle for Wraith, will you please ensure that the following two defects are corrected:- (1) As at present detailed, it is possible for the cover of the front bearing to drop when the handle is engaged with the starting dogs, as the guide shoulder which runs in the front bearing is not sufficiently long to project from the bearing and prevent this happening - when the handle is wound off the dogs for removal the guide shoulder is forced backwards and forces the cover with it, bending the latter or breaking the hinge. The guide shoulder requires lengthening. (2) As at present detailed, the nose piece guide does not pick up properly with its guide in the starting dog until the piloting guide has left its bush and allowed the handle to drop, thus making it difficult to locate the nose piece - the guide requires lengthening somewhat. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||