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Testing of 45° cam angles for foot brakes on R.H. and L.H. chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 12\5\  05-page310
Date  18th November 1931
  
Ry/Cgh. {W Clough} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. MX. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}

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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 6/AD18.11.31.

P.2. FOOT BRAKES.

We cannot yet recommend that the two cam angles on the R.H. and L.H. chassis should be the same because we have had no experience with 45° cams on the R.H. chassis. However, we are making a point of testing out 45° cams on the R.H. chassis and shall report on them in due course.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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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