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).
Scheme for handling first speed and reverse torque, and the potential issues with chassis inertia.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\5\ Scan008 | |
| Date | 20th February 1928 guessed | |
| (2) A peculiarity of this scheme is that the first speed and reverse torque is fed off direct and the clutch case only carries engine torque. It seems somewhat frightful to tell the body to go to the engine and hold it, after we have been trying to keep the two apart, but the chassis frame alone, even at the front end of the "X" may not have sufficient inertia for the purpose. We advance these few notes in all diffidence, knowing that the pitfalls surrounding this problem are many, and some remedies are worse than the disease. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||