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Letter discussing amplifier brakes, high-speed wobble, and a 'Lashlock' device.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 154\3\  scan0048
Date  24th October 1927 guessed
  
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accurately whenever the wheel is released.

The slight spring friction in the amplifier brakes should form an effective damper for high-speed wobble.

He is working along these lines, taking out the backlash of the gear by means of the "Lashlock" described herewith, but meanwhile is going to send us a drawing of the device as made at present.

Yours very truly,

Maurice Olley

MO/R
Encl.

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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).


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