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Revised specifications for the Spectre's servo and speedometer drive.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 165\4\  img254
Date  9th November 1934
  
To - RM. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
Copy to [REDACTED]/Ha/WST.

[Handwritten]: WST

HDY. {William Hardy} 1/MN. 9/11/34.

[Handwritten]: 7606S.

Servo & Speedometer Drive - SpectreCodename for Phantom III.

N Sch. 4257 herewith gives the revised servo and speedometer drive for SpectreCodename for Phantom III in accordance with our HDY. {William Hardy} 1/HP.B/11/34.

The servo ratio is 2/21 and the speedometer 24/9 which gives 725 revolutions per mile of the speedometer with an axle of 4.25 : 1 and tyres of the larger size proposed (7 x 18) which have an effective radius of approximately 15.1".

The diametral pitch is reduced from 7 to 8 (12 1/2%) but the worm wheel radius is increased by 13% with a corresponding reduction of tooth-load and an increase in the number of teeth in contact.

HDY. {William Hardy}

N Sch. 4257.
  
  
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