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).
Release of drawings LeC.5580 and LeC.5590 for the Wraith III engine test bed.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 6\6\ 06-page177 | |
| Date | 22th March 1937 | |
| 600. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Fm. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/L.Smith. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}1/HP.22.3.37. Wraith III Engine. We send you herewith:- LeC.5580 showing the relief valves and external oil fittings. LeC.5590 Wheelcase. We have now cleared all the designs for getting the engine on the test bed. There are two remaining items, the controls and the wire fittings which we have well in hand, and which we expect to release before the detail drawings are issued. The above are not essential for the test bed engine. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} | ||