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).
Requesting the rebuild of a blower rig in Test House No. 17 for air flow tests on specific aero cylinder heads.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0022 | |
| Date | 4th July 1934 | |
| To EJJ. x3269 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.10/KW.4.7.34. Blower Rig in No. 17 Test House. Following our memo. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.5/KW.29.12.33, you made us a rig for air flow tests on aero cylinder heads. We wish to rebuild the rig to test the Bentley Single Cylinder heads EB.1517 and LeC.3739, and the aero heads E.42879, EX.14463 and E.43072. This will entail the construction of induction pipes provided with thermometer pockets as in the previous cases, and dummy cylinders of 3 1/4" bore for the Bentley heads and 5" for the aero, and of a height which will suit the existing pipework. We hope to have the blower rig clear of other experiments in the course of a day or two and are anxious to get on with these tests with as little delay as possible. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.Ll.Smith. | ||