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).
Letter clarifying potentially contradictory statements about brake fade and diving issues during testing on Mt. Ventoux.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\4\ scan0213 | |
| Date | 29th September 1936 | |
| -2- EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}22/MH.{M. Huckerby}29.9.36 sudden application was made"), also the statement on page 14 ("With abnormal braking on the Mt.Ventoux the brakes faded"), may somewhat confirm the report above. We did not, however, consider that these statements were contradictory. You must realise that we have never made a statement "that the front brakes were too effective and caused diving"; these were rather your statements at the time we brought the unsafe control feature to your attention. If you still consider the matter not clear, or still contradictory, we should be pleased to explain, or even, if possible, demonstrate. [Handwritten Initials: EB] EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||