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).
Improvements to Bentley brakes by using stiffer brake shoes to reduce deflection.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\2\ scan0176 | |
| Date | 19th September 1934 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} x206 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}11/KW.19.9.34. Bentley Brakes. Now that we are getting better results with direct braking to all wheels on 3-B-IV we wish to eliminate a further piece of sponge from the mechanism. We have discovered that the steel shoes deflect as much as .009 under load. The attached Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1518 shows a stiffer shoe. Will you please put in hand a set, both front and rear, which we should like on 5-B-IV. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||