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Tests carried out to prove the effect of tyre pressures on maximum speed.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 160\2\  scan0021
Date  1st June 1923
  
To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to CJ.
c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

X4578

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 3/LG2.6.23.

EFFECT OF TYRE PRESSURES ON MAXIMUM SPEED.

X.4578
X.3538

You will remember at Le CanadelHenry Royce's French residence the question
was raised with regard to the effect the tyre pressure
had on maximum speed.

We carried out tests to prove this, and attach
copy of the results.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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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