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Complaint about the 20 HP steering system's performance with an out-of-balance wheel.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 49\4\  Scan348
Date  30th January 1924
  
To EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}

74264
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4/LG30.1.24.

20 HP. STEERING.

Referring to your EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 4/H29.1.24. We suggest that you send your complaint to R. {Sir Henry Royce} and the designers. We do not know how to produce a steering which will not have ill affects when the wheel is 3 lbs. out-of-balance. We have definite limits for out-of-balance wheels and the designers would expect this to be adhered to.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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).


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