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Test report on the points of deflection for a Spectre Frame under varying torque.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 94\4\  scan0053
Date  31th May 1935
  
To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}
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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /KS.15/KW.31.5.35.

Latest Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) Frame - without Dashboard.

1st Foint Front Cross Pan
2nd " Front of cross bracket) } 40"
3rd " Front body bracket } 24"
4th " 3rd Body bracket } 40"
5th " 4th Body bracket } 36"
6fh " 5th Body bracket } 26"
7th " Rear cross member } 17.5"

Front centres at 33.5" and rear centres at 46.0".

lbs.Torque | Points of Deflection in Degrees.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
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400 | 1-40'R | 1-30'R | 1-0'R | 0-50'R | 0-50'R | 0-50'R | 0-40'R
800 | 2-40' | 2-30' | 1-40' | 1-30' | 1-30' | 1-20' | 0-50'
1200 | 3-30' | 3-10' | 2-20 | 2-0 | 1-50 | 1-30 | 1-0
1600 | 4-20 | 3-50 | 3-0 | 2-40 | 2-20 | 1-50 | 1-10
2000 | 5-20 | 4-30 | 3-40 | 3-0 | 2-40 | 2-0 | 1-20

Frame balanced about centre of front cross pan.
N.S.R. shackle anchored and O.S.R. supported on
trestle.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /K.T. Scholes.
  
  
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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