Confirming a request to test a Ph.III rockershaft under static load.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\1\ scan0461 | |
| Date | 2nd December 1937 | |
| To HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /W.Bell. from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 5/MH. {M. Huckerby} 2.12.37. PH. III STEERING. This is to confirm that we have asked you to twist a Ph.III rockershaft under static load. We would like to know the loads required to produce a measurable permanent set and 10° of twist. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. 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).