Vehicle ground clearance, specifically concerning the silencer, spring camber, and flywheel guard.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\4\ 04-page032 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1912 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 813 (Two Lines). 475 (top H) (X 896. 3.5.12) E.P. 1780. This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. conditions, therefore clearances are as follows. 1 - 6.85" 2 } & accordingly 3 } 4 } The distance from the silencer snout to the ground under No.1. condition is 6". Again as regards this question of spring camber, one should consider what the ground clearance might be if the springs fully compressed against the buffers, which may be the case occasionally with a car on the road. This is a point which should be gone into, quickly as we are daily increasing the flexibility of springs and consequently allowing this minimum clearance to get worse. Under these conditions it is possible for the ground clearance under the flywheel guard to be Contd. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||
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).