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Graphs from rear axle motion experiments on a Phantom 38 NK, testing different speeds, surfaces, and shock absorber settings.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\S\September1928-October1928\  Scan208
Date  29th October 1928
  
REAR AXLE MOTION EXPERIMENTS.
SHEET I
PHANTOM 38 N.K.

SURFACE - AVERAGE MAIN ROAD. SHARDLOW STRAIGHT.

M.P.H 23
NO SHOCK ABSORBERS. x 5.34
M.P.H 35
M.P.H 45
MAIN ROADS UNDAMPED. SWAYING AMPLITUDE 2.5" Vel. approx 2.5 ft/sec

M.P.H 23
AXLE HEAVILY DAMPED. x 2.68
M.P.H 45

SURFACE - BAD POT-HOLES. BOLTON LANE.

M.P.H 25
NO SHOCK ABSORBERS. x 5.34

M.P.H 23
HEAVY DAMPING x 5.34
M.P.H 35

HORIZONTAL SCALE IS TIME & EQUALS APPROX .7 SECS PER INCH. - VERTICAL SCALE IS AXLE MOVEMENTS, & SHOULD BE MULTIPLIED BY THE RATIOS SHOWN. (E.G. x 5.34)
TO GET ACTUAL MOVEMENT OF AXLE IN INCHES. A DOWNWARD MOTION OF THE PEN, MEANS DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE AXLE.
THE SMALL FIGURES BENEATH THE GRAPHS, GIVE THE AXLE VELOCITY IN FT/SEC. AS OBTAINED FROM THE SLOPE.

STAMP: RECEIVED 31 OCT 1928 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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