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Standardisation sheet regarding the successful testing of a reduced front braking scheme on various experimental cars.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 66\5\  scan0096
Date  24th January 1927
  
To BJ. from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
48420
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 3/T24.1.27.

STANDARDISATION SHEET FOR REDUCED FRONT BRAKING.

Replying to BJ1/E2b.1.27.

This scheme has run 2500 miles on 7-EX car.

The reduced leverage has also been tried on 8-EX and 12-EX run 1000 miles. In all cases the reduced braking has proved an advantage.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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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