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).
Request to measure the load required to move specific gearbox sleeves on a Spectre III during dismantling.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\4\ scan0267 | |
| Date | 18th September 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} +300a Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}11/KW.18.9:35. When you dismantle the gearbox of SpectreCodename for Phantom III III, will you please measure the load required to move the top and 3rd S.M. sleeve against the resistance of the plungers. It is important that this should be done before the sleeve itself is removed from the shaft, so that the present conditions are not disturbed. Please carry out the same measurements on the 2nd speed S.M. sleeve. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||