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).
Proposing to operate the main reserve fuel system from the dash, requiring two pipelines instead of one.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\2\ scan0055 | |
| Date | 12th February 1931 | |
| SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} FROM E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} & DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} X5460 E2/M12.2.31. C. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} re. RESERVE. In reply to your memo. SG{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}6/E11.2.31., we think there are no serious difficulties in operating the main reserve on the dash instead of on the main tank. It requires two pipe lines from dash to tank instead of one. Compared with what we have now there is not much extra work because although the dash tap would become perhaps a little more complicated we should dispense entirely with the tap on the main tank. We think this is preferable and less confusing than the present arrangement. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} & DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||