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).
Recommending a locking device for bonnet catches to prevent the loss of knobs during testing.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\T\2July1929-December1929\ Scan038 | |
| Date | 13th March 1929 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWL. c. to SE. MOR. c. to K.{Mr Kilner} Ds. c. to HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} ORIGINAL filing Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWL.1/WJ.13. 3. 29. X7260. X1140. "S.B." Bonnets to LOP E78559 with Push type catches to N32464. We had during the tests in France, considerable trouble in avoiding the loss of the knobs of the push catches. We found these to be continually working loose and one knob was eventually lost. We think it desirable that some locking device should be adopted to prevent this. It would have to be fitted after the erection of the catches on the bonnet. C.W.Hancock. | ||