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).
Specifications for a longer propeller shaft for the Phantom III long chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\4\ scan0110 | |
| Date | 31th January 1936 | |
| 4337 Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} c.c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} PHC. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /v.{VIENNA} Z/HDY.{William Hardy}2/HP.31.1.36. Propeller Shaft Long Chassis - Phantom III We send herewith N.Sch.4749 which shows a propeller shaft 8" longer than the present shaft to suit the proposed long chassis. The outside diameter is 3 1/2" and the thickness .104 as for our present shafts. The maximum safe speed (.7 of the theoretical whirling speed) is 4550 r.p.m. The whirling speed could be increased by a reduction of shaft thickness, but we understand that it is not practicable to do this owing to the swaging operation. In any case the increase in speed thus obtainable would only be very small. E/HDY.{William Hardy} | ||