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).
Milling a flat on the engine support bracket for a Phantom III to create extra clearance.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0194 | |
Date | 22th March 1937 | |
300 or 328 BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Fm. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} E/HDY.{William Hardy}3/HP.22.3.37. Phantom III. We send herewith N.Sch. 5093 showing extra clearance for the stay between the engine and gearbox to N.Sch.5072 obtaining by milling a flat on the underside of the engine support bracket. The need for this operation appears mainly to arise from the bracket forgings being oversize. N.Sch.5093 herewith. E/HDY.{William Hardy} | ||