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).
Experimental self-centering spring and friction device for the Phantom steering system.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\Q\April1927-June1927\ 99 | |
| Date | 26th May 1927 | |
| ORIGINAL DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}1/M26.5.27. TO [struck through] BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} C. to [DJ struck through] HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} PHANTOM STEERING - SELF CENTRE-ING SPRING. [Handwritten, struck through] X7430 [Handwritten, struck through] X8430 Herewith we send N. sch. 2418. shewing an arrangement for experimental purposes of a spring in the steering column to assist the self centre-ing. We have made use of the larger tube recently instructed. It is our intention to provide a friction device for the Phantom, and we suggest that Derby should do this by scaling up the arrangement recently sent you for India. Of the alternative methods of anchoring the spring we wish to use the one having the spring hooked over at each end. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||