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).
Breakage during Bentley Fan Failure Tests, requesting modified trunnion housings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\5\ scan0040 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X224 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.12/KW. 3.5.35. Bentley Fan Failure Tests. We have already had one breakage in the course of these tests, from which it appears that the trunnion housing (E.52864) is not strong enough for its purpose. Will you therefore please make two modified trunnion housings to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1955 attached, and fit one of them to the lever E.52966 which we will hand to you. We should like these as soon as possible in order to proceed further with these tests. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. | ||