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).
Request to manufacture a mild steel stiffening plate and fit it to a Scott tube for the Wraith rear axle for deflection testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\3\ X 602 Axle Rear-page13 | |
| Date | 13th August 1936 | |
| To H.I.C. Rep to Ha/HB{C. E. Harcombe} x44 662 Ha/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/JH.13.8.36. We have received from Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} the attached drawing, showing the stiffening plate that can be fitted in the Scott tube we have been testing for the Wraith rear axle. Will you please make one of these plates in mild steel and fit it to one of the new tubes, which should now be in the Works, for further deflection test. Ha/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} P.S. The tubes are in the stores. | ||