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).
Blueprints and required parts for the Wraith Cutout and Regulator Unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\2\ img120 | |
| Date | 26th October 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} c. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/GAN. 6092 BY/RD.1/B.26.10.37 WRAITH. Cutout and Regulator Unit : D.CD.71 : Sec.8290. Please receive herewith blueprints of parts detailed from the above scheme :- DW.456 - Cutout and Regulator Unit LOP. (2 Shts). 1 off. DW.441 - Base. 1 off. DW.442 - Assembly - Coils for Cutout. 1 off. DW.443 - Voltage Regulator. 1 off. DW.444 - Cradle - Regulator. 1 off. DW.445 - Clip - Cover. 1 off. DW.446 - Former - Resistance. 1 off. DW.447 - Clip - Fuses. 3 off. DW.448 - 2 amp. fuse. 1 off. DW.449 - Connector. 1 off. DW.450 - Earth Connector. 1 off. DW.451 - Insulating Sleeve. 1 off. DW.452 - Bracket - Resistance Former. 2 off. DW.455 - Terminal Stud Insert. 6 off. DW.459 - Arrangement of Field Resistance. - (Handwritten initial: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}) Additional Parts required :- Resistance Wire 23 SWG. (.024) D.C.C. Wiggin's "Glowray" 14 Ft. Dowler Eyelets No.2181. (White). 4 off. Dowler Eyelets No.2182. (White). 1 off. Dowler Eyelets No.1550. (Yellow). 2 off. Dowler Eyelets No.2030. (White). 2 off. Dowler Cable Eyes L.S.5. 5 off. The remainder of parts on the above LOP., are production pieces, except DW.427 - Insulating Sleeve, which has already been issued to you. Will you please make up a model for inspection, for which DW.446 can be machined from solid moulding material; and we attach a marked up print of DW.441 - Base, showing this piece made in wood. One print of D.CD.71 attached herewith, also, one set of blueprints to RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/CAN. BY/RD. This unit is shown on the Wraith Dashboard Sch.D.CD.85. BY/RD. | ||