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).
Improvements to tank strap attachments, suggesting moving rivets and using spot welding.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\1\ scan0085 | |
| Date | 18th March 1938 | |
| -2- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}1/JH.18.3.38 It also would be an improvement if the rivets joining the ends of the straps could be moved so as not to coincide with the corners on the tank where the load is greatest. In this case the webing attached to the tank has been badly chewed up. We should like to try spot welding in the place of rivets. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||