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).
Rear axle deflection, cancelling a design, and requesting further experiments.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\5\ scan0090 | |
| Date | 13th October 1936 | |
| [Handwritten in pencil] X 302 ? 202 ? [Handwritten in ink] GRY{Shadwell Grylls} Please Carry out [Signature: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c.c. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} E/HDY.{William Hardy} E.7/HP.13.10.36. Rear Axle. Rear Wheel Drivers. Thank you for your report Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/KW.10.10.36, We agree that the longer drivers do not promise to be a success in view of the results you have obtained regarding deflection. We are, therefore, cancelling our instructions to the present scheme, and issuing a modified design. The amount of the deflection on the axle is surprising, and rather leads one to the conclusion that it may not be uniformly distributed between the supports. We should, therefore, like you to make a further experiment in which you have clocked the deflection at various points, so that we can find out if there is a weak spot, and where. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} [Signature] | ||