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).
Endurance tests on 20/25 and Bentley clutches, requesting the removal of crankshaft balance weights.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0071 | |
| Date | 27th March 1934 | |
| To RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} X 212 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}5/KW.27.3.34. 20/25 and Bentley Clutch Tests. We want to carry out endurance tests on Clutches made to NS.{Norman Scott}3866 and EX.13800 on Unit No. C.X. For the above tests we require to run without crankshaft balance weights. Will you please remove the balance weights at present fitted and fit whichever of the above clutches is completed first. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||