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Proposal for a 4-shoe brake experiment on a Wraith, comparing its drums to Bentley models.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 7\7\  X 606 Brakes-page098
Date  13th January 1938
  
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RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFR.5/RH. {R. Hollingworth} 13.1.38.

Wraith front drum more strongly than we did, while it was being drawn. Bentley 50 has wide drums. Bentley lll still has narrow front drums.

We think that a 4-shoe brake experiment on Wraith, entailing only a new set of front shoes, would be worth while.

RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFR.
  
  
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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