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).
Secret memo regarding the design of the Dynamo Drive carrier shaft spring.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66a\3\ scan0012 | |
| Date | 15th April 1925 | |
| X. 8100 S E C R E T. R2/M15.4.25. To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to CJ. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} A.{Mr Adams} C. RE. DYNAMO DRIVE. I cannot understand the above requiring such a stiff spring to control the carrier shaft; it would not be satisfactory. Make it a reasonable spring, and as I suggested, or better still let the fabric coupling control the shaft endwise. Such things must be kept simple and practical in spite of grouses from Derby and Sales. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||