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 investigate and fit a more flexible coupling for the Spectre gearbox to reduce chunking.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\1\ scan0236 | |
| Date | 14th November 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} x328 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/KW.14.11.35. We want to get a really flexible coupling on each side of the SpectreCodename for Phantom III gearbox, with a view to reducing chunking. We have cut down a Hardy coupling, but this is still stiffer than what we want. We think that the rubber contained in steel splines, which was once designed for the centre of the clutch, would give us what we want. Will you please look into it and see whether you can fit two of these up for us. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||