Departmental memo regarding ground clearance and slipping issues with cotton fabric clutches.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\4\ 04-page048 | |
| Date | 15th July 1912 | |
| R.R. .475 (100 H) (X 596. 3.5.12) E.P 1780. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 813 (Two Lines). DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. Mr Barrington for Mr Royce. DATE. 15.7.12 [Reference Number Column] EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 50/T15712. [Number Column] 615 RE GROUND CLEARANCES Mr Royce's sheet 8.7.12 It should be pointed out that the clearance under the flywheel and the lowest portion of the crank-chamber is now practically the same, also I do not consider the cotton fabric clutches allow the use of a weaker spring, under condition of considerable slipping say on the dynamometer, maximum torque conditions the clutches only just hold and the least pressure on the pedal causes them to slip. E.P. [Handwritten note, struck through:] Handed to Mr Royce at Crowboro' [Handwritten note:] File and Close [Purple stamp:] 15 JUL 1912 This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||
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).