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).
Crankshaft webs fouling the stiffening ribs on the China Engine Unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\3\ scan0006 | |
| Date | 2nd July 1930 | |
| To ~~BH~~ from RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c.. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X5010. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}3/BE2.7.30. RE: CHINA ENGINE UNIT. The China Engine Unit in which we have fitted the crankshaft with the larger diameter pins, trouble has been experienced with the crank webs fouling the stiffening ribs in the lower half. Will you please have this looked into, and the necessary alterations to pattern dealt with. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} | ||