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).
Modification to the Peregrine engine's crankcase to reduce oil consumption.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 169\4\ img158 | |
| Date | 10th May 1933 | |
| Unit 4. To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/KT.10.5.33. HEAT TO THE OIL - PEREGRINE. We want to try the effect of increasing the capacity of the bottom half on the Peregrine as a means of reducing oil consumption. We think that the best way to do this is to cut the end off the bottom half, which carries the oil pump, and bolt this in the ordinary way to the crankcase top half. We should like to drop the remainder of the crankcase by means of a distance piece made of sheet aluminium. We should be glad if you would rig something up for us on Per.4. Unit which you have at present in the Shop. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ra. | ||