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 a scheme to employ a Phantom crankshaft damper and spring drive on the 'SS' crankshaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\2\ Scan021 | |
| Date | 12th November 1928 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X7010 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}6/LG12.11.28. 'SS{S. Smith}' SPRING DRIVE & DAMPER. X7010 It is practically decided that we shall revert to the standard Phantom type of slipper wheel and spring drive on the first 'SS{S. Smith}' engines. We should therefore like to see a scheme laid out in which we could employ the Phantom crankshaft damper and spring drive on the 'SS{S. Smith}' crankshaft. We understand the parts affected will be the front part of the crankshaft, the wheelcase and the slipper wheels. We wish to retain the same polar moment of inertia for the slipper wheels as at present used on the Phantom. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||