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).
Note comparing local inertia torques and crankshaft stiffness between 8-cylinder and 6-cylinder engines.
| Identifier | Morton\M19\ img025 | |
| Date | 17th August 1938 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/TGV.1/ML.17.8.38.Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} It should be added that local inertia torques in 8 cyl. engines are high as in the 6 cyl. engine, but 8 cyl. crankshafts are always stiffer than 6 cyl. ones for the same torsional period, due to being longer. This may be a cause of their greater overran smoothness, since local distortion will be less. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/L.Grylls. Print attached. | ||