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).
Dismantling of a damper, the discovery of a broken centre plate, and the plan to source a new part.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\2\ scan0168 | |
| Date | 15th August 1934 guessed | |
| - 3 - noticably, that we dismantled the damper to find out the cause, and found the old trouble of broken centre plate, the friction load having been maintained. We are therefore in the morning going to ring up Paris for a new one (general holiday to-day). while we are obtaining this, we shall run 28-EX. G.W.H. G.W.Hancock. | ||