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).
Instructions for setting the control rod from the governor.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66a\3\ scan0073 | |
| Date | 10th April 1925 | |
| SHEET B SETTING OF CONTROL ROD FROM GOVERNOR THIS SHOULD BE SET AFTER THE THROTTLE HAS BEEN SET DISCONNECT SPRING S. DISCONNECT ROD P FROM ACCELERATOR TO THROTTLE (SEE SHEET A). RAISE THE EXTREMITY OF LEVER L UNTIL A POINT OF FREE MOVEMENT REACHED A SMALL DISTANCE FROM THE TOP OF ITS RANGE. (THIS FREE MOVEMENT IS DUE TO BACK LASH IN THE INTERIOR OF THE GOVERNOR) ADJUST THE LENGTH OF ROD R WITH LEVER L IN THIS POSITION UNTIL ROLLER A IS JUST CLEAR OF ARM D (SHEET A). DEPRESS LEVER L FULLY AND OBSERVE THAT ROLLER IMPARTS FULL 40° MOVEMENT TO THE BUTTERFLY BEFORE RESTRAINED BY LEVER L REACHING ITS LOWEST POSITION STAMP: ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. PRINT ROOM 10 APR. 1925 RBY WATERMARK: MADE AT CROXLEY | ||