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 memorandum discussing gearbox casings and potential dynamo changes to address output and overheating issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 36\4\ scan 258 | |
| Date | 23th February 1924 | |
| X30146 To E & ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to CJ. RG{Mr Rowledge}+ DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} EY HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} EFC. S E C R E T RL/M23.2.24. X.3014b. EAC.4 GEARBOX CASING. X.4383. EAC3. DYNAMO CHANGES. I cannot suggest any improvement in the above. When you say the RR. dynamo has not enough output, this will be output with temperature considered. If our machine runs cooler and yet cuts in early enough, the output might be adjusted; also would it be any advantage to make it 1" longer in the core, and overall, and so get say 33 1/3 more output. You will see by my telegram there is the question of overheating dynamo and magneto. This latter should not be worse than before, but better, but I do not know about the dynamo, and can only say test at once, and compare. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||