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).
Experiments with a spring drive to address issues with splines, resulting in an extended smooth running range.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 25\3\ Scan278 | |
Date | 1st November 1927 guessed | |
contd :- -3- of splines which have given us trouble. We are proceeding with experiments with a car on the dynamometer. We consider that wehave extended the smooth running range on top gear by 4 1/2 m.p.h. with this spring drive. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/S.S.Tresilian. | ||