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).
Request to manufacture baffle plates for a Phantom III engine to prevent oil splashing onto valve springs during oil consumption tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\3\ scan0151 | |
| Date | 25th January 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} 1220 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}17/AP.25.1.37. PHANTOM III. Will you please make 2 sets (24) baffle plates LeC.4908 to prevent oil splashing on to the valve springs and so down the stems. This is in connection with oil consumption tests which are being carried out on 33-EX. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||