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Sketches comparing different axle and tyre configurations.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 29\1\  Scan094
Date  3rd January 1925 guessed
  
FRONT
(E)
AS (A) BUT WITH SPRINGS ON INSIDE OF S.S. TUBE ONLY.
STUD ENDS TO TAKE THRUST LOADING?
NOTE OFFSET

FRONT
(A)
OF

(D)
FRONT N/S
R.R. STD TYPE
S.S. TUBE
SOLID
PIVOT + TRACK AS BEFORE

(B)
FRONT
AS (A) BUT WITH NO PIVOT PIN
PENDULUM LEG IN DASHED SPRING DRIVE

ALL TESTS WITH 34 x 7 3/4 BALLOON TYRES

(C)
HISPANO TYPE
S.S. TUBE
PIVOT LEAN 3" BACK
TRACK 3/4" IN AT FRONT

(G)
PIVOT LEAN 3" BACK
TRACK OF WHEELS 3/4" WIDE AT FRONT
  
  
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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