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).
Requesting tests on the Phantom III to investigate the effect of engine mounting on sideways chassis shake, following a demonstration on a Wraith car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\7\ 07-page39 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1937 | |
| 622 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/R.2.9.37. The extraordinary effect an engine mounting can have on the sideways shake of a chassis has recently been demonstrated on the Wraith car in France. Will you kindly make some tests on the P.III to prove that if we fix an engine solidly in the chassis it does not affect this feature. If it does make a difference then we shall have to experiment with different types of engine mounting. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} See file 322 for Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD{Frank Dodd - Bodies}'s reply. | ||