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).
Proposed trial of a slower pitch worm gear for the Phantom steering system to address customer complaints.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\P\July1926-September1926\ Scan101 | |
| Date | 4th September 1926 | |
| TO BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [crossed out] FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} C. to [redacted] HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ORIGINAL. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}4/M4.9.26. PHANTOM STEERING. X8430 [crossed out] X7130 4/9/26 For meeting customers complaints on existing cars and possibly for future standardisation if found a sufficient improvement, R.{Sir Henry Royce} wishes to try a small worm with a still slower pitch, namely, only .8 instead of .940, giving about 2.65 revs. of the wheel from lock to lock instead of 2.250. We send herewith N. scheme 2263. shewing the proposed worm. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} [Handwritten note:] Scheme despatched Saturday separately. | ||