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).
Highlighting the poor performance of direction indicators and proposing a project to improve their design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\6\ img034 | |
| Date | 10th October 1940 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wyn. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/10.10.40. DIRECTION INDICATORS. The direction indicators on our cars are a positive disgrace. It is seldom that on any car, both are found to be functioning satisfactorily. We should like you to undertake a project to improve the design. We have a rig engine coupled to a supercharger, which can produce the 60 m.p.h. wind. We consider that the majority of the work can be done in our laboratory. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||