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).
Note discussing issues with carburetter connections and exhaust pipes due to expansion and contraction effects.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\2\ scan0264 | |
| Date | 5th November 1926 | |
| X.8230 H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} C. Wer. c. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} BY6/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 5.11.26 RECEIVED Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 5 NOV 1926 CONNECTIONS FROM EXHAUST TO CARBURETTER AND ALSO EXPANSION EFFECTS ON EXHAUST PIPES THEMSELVES. ---------------------------------------------------------- Further to my note with which I sent two of the carburetter connections showing how they became distorted and joints became bad as a result of repeated expansion and contraction effects, I attach copy of a note from MR.Hancock in which he points out that we are still in serious trouble with our exhaust system generally. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} By | ||