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Summarizing faults found during a 10,216-mile test on chassis 9-G-111.


Identifier  Morton\M2.6\  img011
Date  28th June 1925
  
R.R. 493A (50H) (D.B. 175 25-9-24) J.H.D.
EXPERIMENTAL REPORT.
COPY.
Expl. No.
REF: GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} /Crn.
R
CHASSIS 9-G-111.
Summary of faults during 10,216 miles test carried out from 31.5.25 to 28.6.25.
Tested at. | Miles run. | Total miles. | Remarks.
Chateauroux(French test region). | 2,769 | 2,769 | Top leaf of N.S.F. spring broken approx. 12" from rear end.
" | 5,726 | 5,726 | Small right angled bracket holding exhaust pipe to frame broken through at bend.
" | 6,726 | 6,726 | Battery box support - E.50511 - broken through flange 1 1/2" down. O.S.F. wing stay broken through top holes. Second O.S.F. wing stay cracked bottom corner.
" | 7,216 | 7,216 | Slight crack developed in petrol tank filter flange.
" | 9,216 | 9,216 | Support stay welded on exhaust down pipe broken across bend.
| | 10,216 | Total mileage.
GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
  
  
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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