Design note with a sketch of a starter handle shaft tube, with a related telegram confirmation on design simplicity.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5a\1\ 01-page046 | |
| Date | 21th January 1931 | |
| (2) RADIATOR. Starter handle shaft passes along this tube. Seems better to have tube below transmission line. starter handle shaft is always in P. 2. because of buffers. I have no dimensions, but think this may be useful. R. {Sir Henry Royce} CONFIRMATION OF TELEGRAM FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} AT LE CANADEL(Henry Royce's French residence). 21.1.31. ROYCE. MANCHESTER. ANDLSTETRE. JAPAN(Experimental Engine) DESIGNS A {Mr Adams} /C NOT SIMPLE ENOUGH FOR ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION MUST FIND OTHER SCHEMES. GEARBOX INSIDE MAYBACH JANE AND SIMPLER REVERSE. ENGINE SIDE ARMS SHOULD DELETE TUBULAR CONSTRUCTION AND GENERALLY SIMPLER. NO SPRING DRIVE NEEDED IF TIMING GEAR AT REAR THEN DAMPER QUITE SIMPLE. ROYCE. | ||
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).