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).
Agenda for an upcoming 'unmask' conference listing points for discussion.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\3\ img300 | |
| Date | 16th July 1941 | |
| To All Testers, It is proposed to hold a unmask conference early next week. In order that the maximum amount of use may be made of this meeting, which takes up a large amount of people's time, the following is a list of the points which will be discussed. The people concerned should come primed with the maximum amount of information on the subjects in question. 1 - Running after switching off. Bits available for test. 2 - Design for propeller shaft. Extension to eliminate split propeller shafts on B.V.s. 3 - Valve surge. 4 - B.V petrol consumption and idling. 5 - Servo judders. Progress made. 6 - 3½ litre S.V ball wear. What modification suggested. 7 - Buick atom valve. 8 - Have we any flush top pistons running. 9 - Valve gear wear on JO.G.VII. Reduced inlet valve stems. 10 - Replacement 8-cylinder engine for JO.G.VII. 11 - Combustion chamber design for 75 mm. and 3¼" bore high power engines. 12 - Mechanical petrol pumps. 13 - Position of Buick pivots. 14 - Specifications for 3¼ litre, 3½ litre and 3 litre high power, 6-cylinder engines. 15 - What split skirt pistons are we running? Have we split skirt and aerolite pistons running in the same engine? 16 - Tyre squeals. 17 - What parts are available to build a 3¼" bore 4-cyl.engine? 18 - Rear seat heat on B.V.s. 19 - Testing of design to eliminate oil pipe breakage to General Filters. 20 - Oil pressure at low speeds. Consider test results. 21 - Over heating of B.JD{J. Draper - Frames} engines. Are we getting choked up radiators due to aluminium heads and iron blocks. 22 - Road spring development. Myth. 23 - Camshafts for Hallford type tappets. 24 - Position of aluminium engine specification. 25 - Position of aluminium brake drums. 26 - Position of improved type water pumps. 27 - Position of Myth detail drawings. 28 - List of faults on Senior Range chassis. Has the old list been found? Have we started another one? 29 - Position of the plane bearings for side shaft of B.V box. 30 - Noise of the Stacebaker bottom gear compared with Austin and Morris. 31 - Progress of work on Austin 8 H.P. car. 32 - Rear Axle for Myth. 33 - Specification for new chassis Senior Range. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||