Complaint of stiff gear change operation from Lord Doverdale and potential solutions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\1\ scan0262 | |
| Date | 25th January 1938 | |
| Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 361 Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 9/R.25.1.38. Complaint of Stiff Change Speed Operation - Lord Doverdale 3-AZ-46. The latest type P.III box on which we have carried out experiments has a very much lighter gear change than the original, due to altered cone angle screw-thread cone surface, etc. If it is considered policy, we believe that this box would satisfy Lord Doverdale; on the other hand, it would be fatal to start a precedence to change gear boxes on all the P.III that are out because some people think it is hard work changing gear. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).