The results of a load test on the 40/50 HP luggage grid.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\2\ scan0105 | |
| Date | 1st August 1927 | |
| To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X8400 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn {Mr Robinson} 1/LG10. 8. 27. 40/50 HP. LUGGAGE GRIDS. With reference to Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 3/M27.7.27. The weights carried on the luggage grid during the test prior to the 30th. April varied from 80 lbs. to 2½ cwts. The maximum load of 2½ cwts. was carried several hundred miles at high speeds. The minimum load of 80 lbs. was carried the whole time. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /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).