Interchangeability of steel and wire wheels, and the potential noise from disc wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 53\3\ Scan178 | |
| Date | 17th September 1924 | |
| x4586 To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from JS. {Mr Johnson's Secretary} JS {Mr Johnson's Secretary} 3/E17/9/24 Will you please note the following extract from notes of a conference held yesterday between R. {Sir Henry Royce} , CJ., BJ. and Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} :- BJ asked R. {Sir Henry Royce} whether it would not be possible to provide steel wheels which could be exchanged for wire wheels without its being necessary to exchange the hubs. R. {Sir Henry Royce} says that he wishes it to be confirmed that discs make an objectionable noise if the hubs are big enough. R. {Sir Henry Royce} says that he would rather have the noise of discs than a bad design of steel wheels. Sankey wheels may become universal and we ought to make as good a job of these wheels as possible. Would you please supply R. {Sir Henry Royce} with the necessary confirmation or otherwise of the report that disc wheels, if the hubs are big enough, make an objectionable noise? JS. {Mr Johnson's Secretary} | ||
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).