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).
Installation tests and modifications to a Hawker Hart header tank to prevent water loss under severe conditions.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\V\December1930-February1931\ Scan107 | |
| Date | 18th December 1930 | |
| INSTALLATION TESTS. MODIFICATIONS TO HAWKER HART HEADER TANK TO PREVENT WATER LOSS, UNDER THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS. SKETCHES SHOW STAGES AS REFERRED TO IN THE REPORT. FIG I HAWKERS DESIGN. BAFFLES FRONT REAR TO ENGINE PUMP. FROM ENGINE. FIG II TANK MODIFIED, APPLYING THE 'FURY' TANK SCHEME. WAS O.K. FOR THE 'FURY' TANK, BUT NOT THIS ONE. TRAY DIRECTING THE INCOMING WATER AGAINST THE REAR END OF THE TANK. 10" 1" .6" FIG III TANK MODIFIED, APPLYING THE R.R. TANK SCHEME. THIS WAS O.K. UNDER MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS. FINAL POSITION OF THE DOME. WITH VENT PIPE LEADING TO THE FRONT .5" 2" 3" T.A. GIBSON 18.12.30. | ||