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).
Proposal to delay using a modified servo reduction gear until it has completed 10,000 miles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\1\ scan0057 | |
| Date | 3rd February 1927 | |
| X8370 BY/AWD. (BY is crossed out) c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY11/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 3.2.27. -------------- As BJ. is taking his usual definite objections to using anything which has not run 10,000 miles, I propose to put off bringing in of the modified servo reduction gear from D.2. until such times as Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} has had a chance to try it out in France. We were only trying to help the Works out, and save some unnecessary expense. Another Series will not either make us or break us, and I therefore suggest that the easiest way is to give BJ. what he is asking for. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [STAMP: RECEIVED 3 FEB 1927 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}] | ||