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).
Proposing a new, lighter and less expensive scheme for the Wraith II Steering Box oil ways.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 9\7\ 07-page037 | |
| Date | 17th February 1937 | |
| SECRET. E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}4/MN.17.2.37. To-BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Copy to Sr. Fer. RMS. [Struck through] HFS. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HDY.{William Hardy} [Struck through] G/Nb. [Struck through] 1044 [Handwritten] 650+ [Handwritten] Wraith II Steering Box. ------------------------- We have been given to understand that the long drillings in the cam rocker shaft to provide oil ways are difficult to do and expensive, whilst they prevent our drilling large holes in the rocker shaft to reduce its weight. In order to overcome these objections, on N.Sch.5043 herewith we show a means of avoiding passing the oil through the cam rocker shaft. The scheme is not quite so tidy but we feel it might prove less expensive and lighter. We are sending a print of N.Sch.5043 to be costed in comparison with the present scheme. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Att:N.Sch.5043. | ||