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).
Standardisation sheets for a new reduction gear and lightened Kestrel engine parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\3\ scan0113 | |
| Date | 18th December 1933 | |
| To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /KT. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /KT.5/MJ.18.12.33. We send you herewith the following Standardisation Sheets for your signature - X.4010. Reduction Gear. .477 ratio reduction gear to DES.1812. X.4657. Lightened Parts. These are the parts from the list set out in Rg {Mr Rowledge} /AAR.3/DM. {D. Munro} 16.12.31 which have had the official A.M. approval for immediate introduction on Kestrel engine production. Included are rocker covers and carb. bodies lightened by reducing the general thickness of the castings. X.4657. Lightened Parts. These are the parts set out in memo. Rg {Mr Rowledge} /Rbr. {Mr Rubbra} 3/DM. {D. Munro} 1.9.32 to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} and which were successfully type tested on Kestrel 605 in July 1932. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /KT. | ||