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).
Comparative analysis of dampers from Buick, Cadillac, and Studebaker for the B.80 engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\1\ scan0223 | |
| Date | 24th July 1939 | |
| -5- RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JRS.8/MH.{M. Huckerby}24.7.39. The Buick damper is too small and if run for any considerable time would have some of the troubles of the B.80, such as corrosion of the springs. The Cadillac, while having more inertia than the Buick, has insufficient damping for a variable speed engine unless a high hysteresis rubber were used. From these results it seems that only the B.80 and the Studebaker give results of a practical nature and of these two, the Studebaker with its freedom from mechanical trouble appears practicable. RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JRS. | ||