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).
Recommendation to use Staybright or stainless steel for the pegs on the servo for the Phantom and 20 HP models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 105\4\ scan0050 | |
| Date | 16th July 1926 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to EF. c. to Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} X5370 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG16.7.26. SERVOS - PHANTOM AND 20 HP. X8370 With reference to EF7/H15.7.26. We recommend that the pegs on the servo should be made from either Staybright or Stainless steel. If this is done and reasonable clearance is given in the bushes, there should be no chance of them seizing. R.{Sir Henry Royce} recently sent a memo through recommending that the parts on the servo should be made of Staybright. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||