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).
Request for a replacement straight through pipe in Staybrite steel following a failure during a 10,000-mile test in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\3\ scan0091 | |
| Date | 10th May 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} t~v3 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/KW.10.5.35. 5-B-IV. 10,000 Miles Test in France. Hancock has burnt out the straight through pipe from the manifold to the front expansion box, as shown on Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1585. This was originally made in mild steel but has burnt away under the lagging. In addition therefore to the exhaust system asked for in Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/KW.10.5.35, will you please produce the necessary straight through pipe in Staybrite, and despatch same to Hancock. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}: | ||