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).
Rattle in the dynamo drive and the potential design of a damped spring drive for Peregrine and Bentley models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 60\4\ Scan175 | |
| Date | 29th March 1933 | |
| X 121 To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} C. Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}4/KT.29.3.33. RATTLE IN THE DYNAMO DRIVE. Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} has been querying the position of the flexible dynamo drive. At the present moment the position is rather unsatisfactory, as he is forced to send cars away with slack in this drive, in order to overcome rattles. We understand that you are going to design, for both Peregrine and Bentley, a damped spring drive at this point. We hope as the result of tests on these cars we will be able to legislate for the Phantom. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||