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).
Booming issue with the 'SS' exhaust silencer and a proposed experimental test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\6\ Scan036 | |
| Date | 26th November 1928 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X7230 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG26.11.28. 'SS{S. Smith}' EXHAUST SILENCER. The silencer fitted is very bad for booming. We should like to try the scheme suggested by WW. of leaving the inner tube out. Will you please instruct one for experimental test. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||