Rolls-Royce Archives
         « Prev  Box Series  Next »        

Memo discussing the design and testing of a cast aluminum breather for covered bodies.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 74\3\  scan0125
Date  21th June 1921 guessed
  
Re breather

Dear Hives.

A breather that would permit one to breathe in covered bodies seems so necessary that we have made one or two in cast aluminum thus:-

oil filler trumpet.
Friger grips.
Cap.
1/2" escape pipe

Tried both straight, swept back about an inch & swept back 18" right under flywheel guard. no difference in pressure in crankchamber, which is same as found with standard breather namely 3/4" of water at top speeds, 50 to 60 m.p.h.
  
  
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).


Copyright Sustain 2026, All Rights Reserved.    whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble
An unhandled error has occurred. Reload 🗙