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).
Requesting analysis of a failed Cadillac five-blade fan from a test rig.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\1\ scan0185 | |
| Date | 30th August 1938 | |
| 1135- To H1/Mr. Whitehead. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.5/JH.30.8.38. We hand you herewith a Cadillac five blade fan which has failed on our test rig - will you please ket us have as soon as possible a report as to nature and cause of fracture and also an analysis of the material of the fan flange. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||