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).
The unsuitability of Lycett fan belts due to noise and slippage, recommending British Goodrich belts instead.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\2\ Scan194 | |
| Date | 23th July 1930 | |
| ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJL. X196 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJL.3/MJ.23.7.30. LYCETT FAN BELTS. In reply to ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/MS3/P17.7.30. the sample belts submitted were in the first place found to be very noisy in operation, this alone makes them unsuitable. We also found that we got a good deal of slip in the drive at high speeds. We are getting very much more satisfactory results from the British Goodrich endless belts. In the circumstances we do not wish to proceed any further with the Lycett belt. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJL. | ||