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).
Typed memo discussing engine and gearbox mechanics, specifically gear changes and corner over-run.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\5\ Scan204 | |
| Date | 7th April 1931 guessed | |
| -2- to wait until the engine is accelerated before we coupled up to drive the car or for the car to drive the engine. So that one could get our change to 3rd. by closing the throttle but we should expect to go on clicking (with Maybach) until we again opened the throttle. It occurs to me that face jaws might work equally well as Maybach. The corner we wish to over-run could be rounded more or less according to experiement and the corner we do not wish to over-run left square. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||