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).
Flywheel experiments and the weights and inertia values of various components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0174 | |
| Date | 10th May 1935 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} x 212 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}2/KW.10.5.35. Flywheel Experiments. (1) 4-B-IV. B-7. Change lightened flywheel Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1416 for present Bentley production, N.Sch.3948. (2) Millenite disc + inertia ring + 10" Borg & Beck on Y-4-BB in 2-B-IV. (3) Borg & Beck Ex.18198 on B-3 in Streamlined car. Further Flywheel Particulars. Description Weight Inertia (A) Disc Ex.12847 24 lbs. 650 lbs.in.² = .14 (B) Flywheel only of Ex.18198 48 lbs. 1560 " = .34 (C) 10" Borg & Beck Clutch 16 " 250 " = .055 (D) Inertia ring Ex.17549 14½ lbs. 630 " = .13 (E) Borg & Beck 11" clutch 23 " 445 " = .096 A + C + D 54½ lbs. .325 B + C 64 lbs. .395 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||