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).
Specification memo for the flywheel and clutch of the Conventional 'S' No.1 Unit.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\1\ scan0112 | |
Date | 18th May 1939 | |
1044 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CT. B. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} c. to By/CS. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/WRC.1/JH.18.5.39. CONVENTIONAL 'S' No.1. UNIT. The flywheel should be to drawing Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}573 and the clutch 11" long with red springs. This specification will apply to all 3.5 bore 8 cylinder units unless at any time we wish to make a lighter flywheel for which a special rim would be designed. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/WRC. | ||