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Instruction to experimentally alter the 'SS' chassis brakes by fitting 30° servo cams and increasing the length of lever G.76811.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 12\5\  05-page064
Date  17th December 1928
  
To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson}

X7420

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn {Mr Robinson} 6/LG17.12.28.

'SS {S. Smith} ' BRAKES. X7420 [handwritten over title] [strikethrough]X7370[/strikethrough] [handwritten over title]

Will you please instruct [word 'xxxxxx' is crossed out] the SS. {S. Smith} chassis to be made experimentally to have 30° cams on the servo and the length of lever G.76811 to be increased by 25% i.e., the new length of lever will be 1.725 instead of the old length of 1.375.

We have discussed the matter with DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} and this alteration is necessary to make the brakes reasonably efficient until we can get some further scheme through.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson}
  
  
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