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).
Request to remove a Lanchester car engine and dismantle its fluid flywheel for test bed analysis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 22\3\ Scan113 | |
| Date | 4th June 1932 | |
| 8440. To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/KT.4.6.32. LANCHESTER CAR. We want to put the power unit of this car on the test bed. We also wish to have a direct coupling which will eliminate the fluid flywheel. Will you, therefore, please remove the engine from the chassis and dismantle the fluid flywheel until we get to a state where we can find something to which we can attach the coupling. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||