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 cost and planned improvements for a 2 leading shoe brake system.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\1\ scan0029 | |
Date | 22th July 1938 | |
-2- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}5/MH.{M. Huckerby}22.7.38. This system is not especially cheap and we hope to be able to improve it when we have developed a 2 leading shoe brake: the latter has more even wear characteristics. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||