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).
Proposal to test an experimental supercharger driving shaft to combat torsional vibration.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 10\2\ 02-page22 | |
| Date | 18th February 1935 | |
| SUPERCHARGER DRIVING SHAFT. Some trouble has been experienced with the supercharger driving shafts on 'R' engines, due to torsional vibration. It is proposed to try out an experimental shaft incorporating a spring drive of the type already used successfully on the Goshawk supercharger drive. | ||