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).
Modifications to the clutch and gearbox for the Peregrine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\4\ B002_X 127 128-page18 | |
| Date | 30th August 1932 | |
| To HHC. c. SY. c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. WCR. X128. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}2/HP.30.8.32. re Peregrine. We send you herewith LeC.3178 modification to clutch and gearbox. The design features are:- (1) The torsional rubber has been left out and the clutch disc fixed in the conventional method. (2) Adequate collectors and holes provided to dispose of any excess oil from the spigot bearing. (3) Provision made for the spigot clutch bearing to be lubricated, the supply being from the gearbox. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} | ||