'jellying' trouble experienced with the 12-G-4 and 14-G-4 chassis frames.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 104\3\ scan0095 | |
| Date | 16th May 1929 | |
| X5380 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} /Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} 20 HP. 12-G-4. Frames. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 6/E16.5.29 I have read with interest Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LG15.5.29 regarding 12-G-4, particularly in the light of our recent correspondence and discussions about the jellying of the chassis with the longer frame. I may have misunderstood the position but I gather that 14-G-4 long frame chassis without the cross does not suffer from this jellying trouble, but that 12-G-4 with the same frame without the cross does jelly badly. If, therefore, I have read the memo. correctly, it bears out the view expressed in my Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 10/E6.5.29 that we are not yet through with our troubles with the long frame chassis, i.e. certainly not in a position to authorise its going into manufacture until this jellying trouble has been elucidated and corrected. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||
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).