The fitting of untested experimental parts to a test car and the associated safety implications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\4\ scan0001 | |
| Date | 1st January 1937 | |
| 1113. To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 3/JH.1.1.37. French Tests. It seems to be a growing condition when experimental features are being fitted to a 15,000 miles test car, which has not been tested out in any shape or form. 6-B-IV has got a front axle made by the Girling Co. of their design. It has had no tests. I have just received a memo. HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /FS. {F. Steele} relating to a pendulum lever, instructed by Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} which states no responsibility will be accepted if run at high speeds. Is it possible to have some ruling with regard to the safety of parts fitted? Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /G.W.Hancock. | ||
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).