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).
Experiments on engine suspension, replacing solid mounts with rubber shoes and proposing a front pivot mounting.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\T\March1929-December1929\ Scan138 | |
| Date | 30th May 1929 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} SECRET. E1/M30.5.29. [strikethrough]Copy to SG{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} BY[/strikethrough] 17-G-4. ENGINE SUSPENSION. X5005 We send you herewith LeC. 2713. shewing a further experiment that R.{Sir Henry Royce} would like you to make in connection with the above. Instead of a solid front engine mounting we now shew two rubber shoes of the SS.{S. Smith} pattern, to be used in combination with rear feet LeC. 2702. A further experiment is to include also the front pivot mounting on the cross member. This should not be attempted however until the four point mounting has been tried. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} [signature] | ||