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).
Proposed temporary brake fitting for an epicyclic 3rd speed gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 6\2\ 02-page176 | |
| Date | 23th April 1931 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} } FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Copy to- SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} X523 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}1/M23.4.31. EPICYCLIC 3rd. SPEED GEARBOX. Herewith we send N. Sch. 3271. shewing a proposed method of temporarily fitting a brake to the sun. It will be seen that we have done several things which would not be permissible on a production job but which we think will be suitable for this test. We have tried to make as few new pieces and alterations to existing pieces as possible but it seems desirable to make some. We think this brake may prove to be a consider-able improvement in handling the box and will enable the timing of the 3rd. speed change to be much less exacting than now. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||