Requesting the production of a test shaft for the M.40 Test Rig.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\5\ scan0208 | |
| Date | 24th July 1941 | |
| To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /HH. c. to Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GB. 700 Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /HH.1/SW.24.7.41. M.40 Test Rig. Please receive herewith two blue-prints of RG. {Mr Rowledge} 2624 - Test Shaft - 1 Off. This shaft is required by Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GB. for testing the balance of the clutch on the test rig at Clan. Will you kindly instruct one shaft to be produced to the above drawing. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /HH. | ||
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).