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Request to return a Rotax W.C.F. generator for examination and report after a 100-hour type test on a Merlin 'G' 3 engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168a\3\  img330
Date  5th December 1936
  
To Rep-from HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WO.
Mr H {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} /?P
Mr G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /?WW
Lz/Wst.
Mr Berrett (A.I.D)

614 2
HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WO.2/WFC.5.12.36.

O {Mr Oldham} /55248.

Will you please arrange to have the following returned to the makers for examination and report.

1 - Rotax type W.C.F. Generator 1000 watt 24 volt No. 5001.

The above was removed from MerlinAero Engine 'G' 3 after completing 100 hours type test.

We attach hereto A.I.D. release note No. 226 which is to be sent with the generator.

HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WO.

Handwritten:
A.V.M debited
R.A.F.
Farnborough
P & L
  
  
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).


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