Reducing the governor control lag on the Phantom throttle by using roller bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66a\3\ scan0094 | |
| Date | 16th November 1926 | |
| To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BJ. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to RG. {Mr Rowledge} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} x8140 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 6/LG16.11.26. PHANTOM THROTTLE. x8140 We have had a car running fitted with the roller bearings in the throttle spindle. The lag on the governor control is very considerably reduced - it now only amounts to one notch on the hand control lever. It very closely approximates to the Silver Ghost(1907 40/50 historic RAC 15,000 miles trial) control. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).