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Four potential methods for improving vehicle acceleration.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 52\1\  Scan157
Date  16th October 1928
  
Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce}
+4474
R2/M16.10.28.
IMPROVED ACCELERATION. X.1725 X.4550
X.4474 X.523
We are considering 4 ways of meeting the
increased acceleration problem with cars, such as :-
For ease of { 1. Delavaud free running back axle.
getting on { 2. The free wheel side shaft.
to 3rd. gear. { 3. An epicycloidal .7 reduction with smaller gearbox.
50% increased { 4. A supercharger.
engine torque
I would like to fit all 4 so that we could choose.
R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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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