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Accelerometer record for a Chrysler 75' vehicle test.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 113\2\  scan0138
Date  23th January 1929
  
Chrysler 75"
ACCELEROMETER RECORD.
Date 23-1-29
Chassis No.........HP......... Axle ratio... Type of body. Allweather... Weight unladen ... total ... Rear. 32 1/2 cwts.
Passengers...2... Road conditions. wet... greasy...
Run on Shardlow Road towards London.
= 5.5 ft/sec^2
30 to 10 MPH
time 5 1/2 secs
on 2nd gear.
= 6.0 ft/sec^2
20 MPH
on 2nd gear
= 5.5 ft/sec^2
10 MPH
= 3.1 ft/sec^2
40 MPH.
= 3.6 ft/sec^2
30 MPH.
= 3.95 ft/sec^2
20 MPH.
= 4.0 ft/sec^2
10 MPH.
on Top Gear
  
  
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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