Trial of bakelite material for pivot pin bushes on the Wraith steering system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 9\7\ 07-page117 | |
| Date | 18th January 1938 | |
| 650 To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 9/AP.18.1.38 WRAITH STEERING We wish to try bakelite material for the pivot pin bushes on Wraith Steering. Will you please make 2 bushes GW.395 from the 1.500 rod which we have handed to WSC. {W. S. Cassel} This rod is smaller than the dia. of the flange by 0.037 but this will not affect the working of the bush. 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).