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Graph of braking curves for a 40/50 R.R. model, plotting road speed against time to rest.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 113\2\  scan0087
Date  19th March 1925
  
BRAKING CURVES. 40/50 R.R.
ROAD SPEED M.P.H.
TIME TO REST. SECONDS.
A. {Mr Adams}
B.
REAR BRAKES ONLY
VERMOREL
ALL FIGURES FOR OPEN TOURING CAR.
WEIGHT FRONT 1.05 TONS. REAR 1.10
COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION
BETWEEN TYRE SURFACE & ROAD
.7.
A. {Mr Adams} VALUES FOR A CAR IN WHICH ALL FOUR WHEELS CAN BE LOCKED
B. VALUES FOR A CAR WITH THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED. FRONT TO REAR RATIO 40 TO 60.
19 . 3 . 25
ROLLS-ROYCE LTD
PLANT SECTION
8 - APR 1925
DERBY
  
  
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).


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