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).
Current 'V' Series undershield and the development of a replacement.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\3\ scan0262 | |
Date | 25th February 1925 | |
48290 Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} c. Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}/As. c. Sft.{Mr Swift} c. HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} "V" SERIES UNDERSHIELD. It is quite certain that the present undershields we are making will not be adopted either as regards detail work or the general scheme. This being so, it is certain that we should not incur the expense of making tools for the special parts in question. Sft.{Mr Swift} agrees that he can carry on making undershields to the present scheme without the special parts, providing he has the material to make the part from. In the meantime, Mr.Jenner is up here working on a new undershield in conjunction with the Experimental Dept. and we anticipate obtaining something before very long, which will take the place of the present undershield, which Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} informs me is unquestionably wrong. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Ry | ||