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).
Specifying the thrust and instantaneous radial load on a bearing for a gun.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\3\ img053 | |
Date | 6th August 1940 guessed | |
Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} The bearing takes the weight of the gun, shields and ammunition, approx. 770 lbs. always as thrust. It at times receives a radial load of 5000 lbs. instantaneously. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||