Extract detailing objections to the SU carburetter due to petrol dripping and inconsistency compared to their own fixed adjustment model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 31\4\ Scan169 | |
| Date | 30th May 1932 | |
| EXTRACT. FROM R {Sir Henry Royce} /M. 30.5.32. X1487. X.1487. R3/M30.5.32. HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ) FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} ) C. to SG. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} CARBURETTERS - 16-G-4. You will realise that I am maintaining my objection to the SU. carburetter for our class of work as I consider that it has the objectionable features of the risk of dripping petrol from the gland, and its inconsistency which is sure to occur at small openings when compared with our fixed adjustment throttle edge carburation. It would also suffer many more times by altering its characteristics when changing an adjustment for temperature or different fuel. In the horizontal form however it is a good, simple, and inexpensive carburetter for rough and ready work. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).