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).
The requirement for high inertia fly-wheels to ensure tractability on small range cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\3\ scan0126 | |
| Date | 29th February 1940 | |
| 1110 Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/ML.29.2.40. Fly-Wheels. I think that the small range of R.R. cars will have to have high inertia fly-wheels, since one of their major assets will be tractability. In other words, Ripple, Ripplet and Rippletto should all have total inertias of 1,690. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||