Outlining the value of using an aluminium head and cylinders for the Phantom Engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\2\ scan0123 | |
| Date | 8th February 1926 | |
| To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} )FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} & E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} )LE CANADEL(Henry Royce's French residence). c. to CJ. +8840 R4/M8.2.26. PHANTOM ENGINE. X. 8770 X. 8840 X. 8050 The aluminium head and cylinders should be made to shew the value of :- (1) Weight saving. (2) Less detonations, permitting higher compression. (3) The value of a second sparking plug, and improved position of top plug. (4) Cyl. expanding more nearly the same as the piston. (5) Different induction pipes. E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} has the particulars of what we propose. It is a further advance on Derby schemes 713/714 to meet the above. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).