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Experimental slipper flywheel settings for the 7-LF car, comparing them to Springfield and Phantom standards.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 65\4\  scan0249
Date  16th January 1933
  
To HOR. From Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to SY. EJ. lha.
c. to Mx. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} OBS.

X8020

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LM16.1.33.

SETTING OF SLIPPER FLYWHEELS. X8020
X8300

Referring to the setting of the flywheels which Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /CWH. used on the engine of 7-LF car. This setting is not altogether experimental, it closely follows the standard which has been used by Springfield for a considerable time. They have been using xxxx the cotton duck friction surface and the friction adjusted to 170 in.lbs. The actual adjustment on 7-LF as it was left was 153 in.lbs. The present standard adjustment for Phantoms is 350 in.lbs. approximately.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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