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).
Requesting clarification on the weight saved on the gearbox for the 'SS' engine unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\1\ Scan013 | |
| Date | 18th September 1928 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} ? 47840 [illegible word crossed out] DAL/M18.9.28. 'SS{S. Smith}' ENGINE UNIT - WEIGHT. X. 7310 [X. 8840 crossed out] With reference to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG13.9.28., it would be of great interest to us to know how much has been saved on the gearbox compared with the present box. From the information at our disposal we are not able to exactly to make out what this is from the figures you give in the above memo. If it were possible for us to have this figure we should be much obliged. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||