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).
Re-design of the Left Hand B.80 Front Engine Mounting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\4\ scan0340 | |
| Date | 14th May 1940 | |
| To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. file 1127 Foz-u Jnr.{Charles L. Jenner}18/JH.14.5.40. Left Hand B.80 Front Engine Mounting. With reference to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}4/JH.1.4.40. Herewith PL.222 showing the re-design of mounting the rubbers horizontally instead of inclined at an angle. The limitations that we have encountered are such that we were forced to spread the centres 1" more than on 11.B.V., however, we can use rubbers which are 1 3/4" thick as requested. By moving the rubbers rearward so that they sit immediately beneath the vertical steel plate on the wheel case, we are able to get a satisfactory clearance for the water pipe at the bottom of the radiator. The clearance for the P.T.O. | ||