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).
Requesting information about a fractured front axle to determine if it was an accidental failure or a material defect.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M1\5\ img014 | |
| Date | 13th December 1921 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} X4263 re G.11 - Front Axle. We are getting a new axle ready but I think we ought to have if possible some information that the fracture of the first axle is not accidental, or due to some defect in the material. Are there any signs for instance of other axles going in the same place or have you had an axle stand up on the bumping ring for a considerably longer time than this one did. Any information that you could give us would be very useful to us at the present moment. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||