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).
Design notes regarding the pedal position for the G12 Buzzard engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\2\ scan0090 | |
| Date | 11th September 1930 | |
| Handwritten at top: E 18 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} (G1) DES OF PEDAL POS/NO STG G12 BUZZARD Typed distribution list (top right): B. MOT. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} CT CC OC CC RB{R. Bowen} CC H CC JD{J. Draper - Frames} OWT CC .J Main Body Text (transcribed from reversed bleed-through text): On our recent test our original layout was found to be much too weak of springing. The distance between the steering column and the dash vertical has also been altered. It is intended that it will be necessary to get full throttle on the last or "up" stroke, as we should call it. From this to the base of the transition of the "C" cam-track, these dimensions from the starting handle line and at least to the... The increased pressure and the altered "Datum" on the "Booster" it is necessary to design a new pedal between the designed and the new position. "C" and raised up by "3" from D.2280. the centre of the gate pedals and from "J" for both "B" and "C" and in the length of the same it is almost impossible where lever plates are being used on it is difficult. Upside-down text at bottom: R.R. 585A (100 T) (S.H) 159. 11-S-30 G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2800 | ||