The Peregrine cross steering tube hitting the oil pump, highlighting the inadequacy of a low-rating spring as a torque member.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\4\ B001_X 100a-page122 | |
| Date | 8th December 1932 | |
| To Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X4057 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 11/MJ.8.12.32. Y4027 We send you herewith a print shewing the position of the Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) cross steering tube. On GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 's. car in France his tube has nearly knocked the oil pump off, which shews the inadequacy of the modern low rating spring when utilised as a torque member. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).