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).
Page discussing modifications to improve air flow in an intake, involving the choke and float chamber.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\T\2January1929-June1929\ Scan085 | |
| Date | 28th January 1929 guessed | |
| contd :- -3- in its full lift position all that portion below the narrowest section for air flow which it forms with the choke is cut away. We shall then have a restrictor giving the same choke space but offering less restriction to air flow in the intake. As an alternative we could cutaway the float chamber walls and feed the diffuser jet by means of a separate float chamber. We will report the result of these tests as soon as they are completed. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.C.Lovesey. | ||