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).
Report from tester Henniker regarding issues with sparking plug screens and exhaust pipes on a Short Monoplane R24/31.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\2\ Scan087 | |
| Date | 7th April 1934 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst Lr{Mr Ellor} r 1912a EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Thn7/MH.{M. Huckerby}7.4.34 COPY OF REPORT FROM TESTER HENNIKER AT SHORT'S, DATED 6.4.34 re SHORT MONOPLANE R24/31 -------------------------- (1) Sparking Plug Screens Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst Note. "I have examined the screens fitted to the above, and all are in good condition. Where the plugs are of the normal end type (not ball ended) the screens are hard to fit as the plug end is too long and the screens will only just go on, and it is hard to tell if the screen has locked round the hexagon properly." 3/ Ell 33 (2) Exhaust Pipes Lr.{Mr Ellor} Note. "Short's rang up Mr.Ellor this afternoon re exhaust pipes. Mr.Ellor cannot get any through for a fortnight and the position now is that we are waiting for the A.I.D. to grant permission for the present ones to be re-welded. Two pipes are O.K., one with a small crack and the fourth has started to crack along a re-weld." (sgd) A.M.Henniker ----------------- Please say what action (if any) you wish us to take. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Thn | ||