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).
Delays and design changes to an engine, reverting to an integral construction which requires a new crankcase casting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\2\ scan0408 | |
| Date | 9th August 1937 | |
| -2- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/R.9.8.37. from France, put the new unit and modified fuel system on this chassis, and send it out again to continue running. Unfortunately, we do not expect this unit will be ready in less than a month. Recent experiments have demonstrated the desirability of abandoning the wet liner cylinder block, and reverting to the original integral construction, and this means a new crankcase casting. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||