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 testing and rebuilding of a Bentley Flexible Flywheel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0285 | |
| Date | 28th October 1936 | |
| J 212 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}20/MJ.28.10.36. BENTLEY FLEXIBLE FLYWHEEL. Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} will shortly be instructing this to be fitted to a test bed engine in order to determine at what speed and why it breaks. When the engine is decided upon will you please rebuild it with a new flexible plate to Ex.21405. The side plates however which are at the moment .080 spring steel should be .104 Nickel Steel. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/H.Grylls. | ||