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).
Engine suspension flexibility using rubber and the proposed trial of torsional dampers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 25\3\ Scan327 | |
| Date | 9th March 1928 | |
| E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} X634 R5/M9.3.28. c. to BJ. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} EAC.10 ENGINE SUSPENSION. X.7005 E6/M7.3.28. X.634 We can get Derby to try any combination of flexibility of rubber, but I think it will have to be the same for front and back to avoid confusion, otherwise it would not be practical. It would seem to me that at least it could be twice as flexible. Also with integral gearbox we need not worry about alignment. X.634 We would like to be able to try torsional dampers to reduce periods building up. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||