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).
Experimental scheme for a new exhaust system due to failure and corrosion on a previous version.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\3\ scan0018 | |
| Date | 24th July 1933 | |
| X223. To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}3/KT.24.7.33. As a result of the failure and corrosion of the exhaust system on 1.B.IV., will you please make up for 3.B.IV. the following scheme for experiment. This will eventually be sent out for 4.B.IV. Unlagged front parts in S/M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} as follows :- Downtake pipe - 8 gauge (.160"). Front box. - 8 gauge (.160"). Intermediate pipe - 12 gauge (.104"). (These are the same gauges as are used on the Continental P.II. which is unlagged). Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||