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Data table showing forward and reverse steering efficiency calculations.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 28\2\  Scan163
Date  28th March 1933 guessed
  
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"FORWARD EFFICIENCY"

Drop arm radius - 8"
Radius of application of steering wheel load - 7 3/8"
Velocity ratio - 10.9/1.

Load on Drop Arm (lbs) | Load on Steering Wheel Arm (lbs) | Drop Arm Torque (lbs.ins) | Steering Wheel Torque (lbs.ins) | Efficiency. %
50 | 8.88 | 400 | 67.8 | 54.2
100 | 16.75 | 800 | 127.6 | 57.6
150 | 24.88 | 1200 | 190.0 | 58.0
200 | 33.13 | 1600 | 252.0 | 58.3
250 | 41.50 | 2000 | 316.0 | 58.1
300 | 49.75 | 2400 | 379.0 | 58.1
350 | 59.00 | 2800 | 450.0 | 57.2

"REVERSE EFFICIENCY"

50 | 0.88 | 400 | 6.71 | 18.3
100 | 3.25 | 800 | 24.80 | 33.8
150 | 5.50 | 1200 | 42.00 | 38.2
200 | 7.75 | 1600 | 59.00 | 40.2
250 | 9.75 | 2000 | 74.30 | 40.5
300 | 11.50 | 2400 | 87.60 | 39.8
350 | 14.00 | 2800 | 107.00 | 41.7
  
  
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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