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 a modification to the slant of a reverse shaft in a B.50 gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 112\2\ scan0068 | |
| Date | 5th August 1938 | |
| 828 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}10/MH.{M. Huckerby}5.8.38. B.50 GEARBOX. The gearbox now in 1.B.50 and shortly to be fitted to 8.B.V. has a reverse shaft to PD.232. We wish to try twice the amount of slant shown on PD.232. When the gearbox is removed from 1.B.50 will you please fit a shaft having a slant of 0.005 in 1.00" instead of the present 0.0025 in 1.00". Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||