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).
Requesting the Experimental Department test the 'Eagle' Electrical Starting Gear for engine vibration effects.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M2\M2.1\ img014 | |
| Date | 24th January 1918 | |
| P to BY BH EFP 93.2J/1769 -9 eRM P6/W24.1.18. Re - "Eagle" Electrical Starting Gear. -2- we find most suitable in practice. Would the Experimental Department make tests with a view to determining this point. It is possible that the engine vibration effects ob- tained take place at a higher speed with an engine mounted on the test tackle than those obtained with an engine in the 'plane. It may therefore be desirable to observe the behaviour of the starter motor mounting under both conditions of running. F.{Mr Friese} S R Pottinger | ||