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).
Trial of a dirt excluder on B.80 engines, enclosing drawings for a modified flywheel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\2\ scan0240 | |
| Date | 7th October 1940 | |
| 1044 To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/OTS. B.80 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH.3/SW.7.10.40. B.80 Studebaker Damper. Sec.5020. In order that we may try out the dirt excluder on the present B.80 engines, we send you herewith 2 prints of the following drawings :- RE.1656 Locking cover. RE.1658 Flywheel. Please instruct as required : The new flywheel is only a modification of the existing one Exs.1769, and can be produced by the addition of a groove. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. 10/6 | ||