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).
The completion of a design for aluminium brake drums for the Le Mans race.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\4\ Scan091 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1936 | |
| x262 To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/KW.3.4.36. Le Mans. In order to run aluminium drums at Le Mans we have got to have 30 sets of material in the factory in a partially machined condition. From information we can obtain about the race, coupled with the fact that we hope to have a considerable reduction in wind resistance on the body, we anticipate that we shall get severe brake fading unless we use these aluminium drums. If we can get an official design completed we can order the material without fear of scrap. We should be glad, therefore, if you would complete the scheme for this drum. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||