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).
Test report on a magneto, concluding the unit is OK and suspecting faulty timing as the cause of a customer-reported failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\4\ Scan097 | |
| Date | 29th June 1920 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. INSTRUCTIONS. SS{S. Smith} 218 (150 BKS.) (H57.29-6-20.) MP 224355 To 19 Order No. WA{Mr Wallis} 102 (2) Customer's No. discharging at 4.5 mm gap. Throughout the whole of this run the H.T. spark-ing was regular and the magneto exhibited no suspicion of failure. No further test has been carried out the magneto being considered OK. We cannot understand why the magneto should fail so abruptly as reported by the customer, it is probably another case of faulty timing. Signed This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work. | ||