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).
Relationship between drive shaft flexibility, transmission noise, and clutch engagement on the Phantom III model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\4\ scan0272 | |
| Date | 24th November 1940 | |
| - 2 - Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/ML.24.11.40. This is not the first time we have found that the flexibility of the drive shafts has a bearing on transmission noise. It will be remembered that we had to stiffen up the half shafts on P.III, in order to improve the clutch engagement. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||