Phantom III engine vibrations, following up on a previously requested design scheme for balancing flywheels after engine fitting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\1\ scan0431 | |
| Date | 15th October 1936 | |
| X 1160 To E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Mx. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Sft. {Mr Swift} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 6/KW.15.10.36. Phantom III Engine Vibrations. In reply to memo. Mx. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} 12/T.12.10.36, concerning provision for balancing flywheels after the engine has been fitted in the chassis, we asked for this provision to be made in Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 7/KW.10.5.36. A Design scheme to LeC.5235 was subsequently issued, and in memo. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 7/JH.21.8.36 we asked for it to be put into production as soon as possible. Apparently it has not been done yet. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /G.H.Whyman. | ||
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).