Trial of a new, cost-reduced change gear shaft for the Wraith model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\11\ 11-page134 | |
| Date | 19th November 1938 | |
| Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [redacted] 628 BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /NS. {Norman Scott} 2/G.19.11.38. F.J.H. See me. RMJ WRAITH. CHANGE GEAR MECHANISM. Under cover of memo BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /NS. {Norman Scott} 8/G.24.8.38. we asked HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} to produce a change gear shaft similar to GW.1794 but in S/N. instead of S/ZN. This was done with a view to reducing the cost of production. We are informed by HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} that this shaft was fitted to 29-G-V1. Would you kindly inform us if this new shaft is satisfactory, so that we could introduce it on production at some suitable date. (Handwritten note on left): 24/10/38. (Handwritten strike-through on 'CHANGE GEAR MECHANISM'): F.A.H. (Handwritten note on bottom right): Copy for F.J.H. please. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /NS. {Norman Scott} NS. {Norman Scott} S. | ||
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).