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 discussing the Bendix turbo flywheel gear with an incorporated small epicyclic for an emergency low gear and reverse.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\4\ scan0118 | |
| Date | 11th December 1939 | |
| 1330 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/MH.{M. Huckerby} 11th. December, 1939. C.L.Breeden, Esq., Messrs. Wilmot-Breeden Ltd., Eastern Works, BIRMINGHAM, 1. Dear Breeden, Thank you for your letter. Grylls has just handed me a copy of "Automotive Industries" of July 11th. 1936, which shows a picture of the Bendix turbo flywheel gear. You will notice that these people have incorporated a small epicyclic to give them an emergency low gear and a reverse. I still think it rather surprising that this device did not make some headway in America. Yours sincerely, | ||