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).
Noisy high-pressure pump on a Wraith engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\1\ scan0006 | |
| Date | 26th July 1937 | |
| CHATEAUROUX. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/IO/JAB.26.7.37. To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} C.c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} C.c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 26.G.VI.- WRAITH. High Pressure Pump on O.S.F.Engine Foot. This is the worst pump for noise we have heard and could not possibly be supplied to a customer in this state. It is audible continuously whenever running slowly. -------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Frank. Walker. | ||