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Diagnosing ignition drive failures, suspecting high slipper wheel poundage and a pin issue.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 108\3\  scan0138
Date  2nd November 1938 guessed
  
WALLER VINGT ET UN CHATEAUROUX(French test region).

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SUSPECT IGNITION DRIVE FAILURES DUE TO
HIGH SLIPPER WHEEL POUNDAGE STOP OFFICIAL
SETTING [REDACTED] 10 LBS at 17 INCH
RADIUS. STOP SUSPECT PIN DRIVING
ROLLS-ROYCE GOVERNOR WILL NOW BE BENT.

W.A. Robotham
  
  
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).


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