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 a change of material from steel to Milanite for three flywheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 13\7\ 07-page159 | |
| Date | 11th April 1934 | |
| RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}5/KW.11.4.34. You are making for us a further three flywheels, to EX.12846, as fitted to P.V.4. We should like to try these made in Milanite, with the starter ring shrunk or bolted on. We shall not therefore want any more steel flywheels. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/H.Grylls. | ||