Test report on the Spectre Dynamo Drive's spiral grooved spindle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\1\ scan0059 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1935 | |
| To E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X300 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 18/KW.3.9.35. Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) Dynamo Drive. We have tested the spiral grooved dynamo spindle Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1848 on both No.4 and No.10 units, the external feed which we found necessary on the original spindle having been deleted. No.10 unit has the 1 1/4 engine speed dynamo. In each case the engine was run up to 4500 r.p.m. without any trouble and the condition of the bush indicated that the lubrication had been perfectly satisfactory. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /L.H.Swindall. | ||
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).