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).
Proposal to test aluminium front shock damper cases for the Bentley III as a weight-saving measure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\3\ scan0112 | |
| Date | 3rd November 1938 | |
| 442. TO HES. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}6/JH.3.11.38. BENTLEY III FRONT SHOCK DAMPERS. As a lightening scheme for continental B.III, we want to try a pair of aluminium front damper cases on the bump rig. We want to use the existing cast iron pattern. This will mean that the casting will be slightly small. If it is impossible to machine it to drawing then we shall have wasted two castings, but we do not want to start by making a new pattern. When run on the bump rig we want the side valve and other internal parts, complete to L.O.P. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||