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).
Graphical report on chassis front end vibration tests performed under various component configurations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\2\ scan0097 | |
| Date | 7th October 1934 | |
| CHASSIS FRONT END VIBRATION TESTS. HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1562 TESTS CARRIED OUT ON I B IV AT ROVER'S WORKS, COVENTRY 7/10/34 CONDITIONS :- STANDARD WINGS. ENGINE TORQUE DAMPERS STD. AXLE SHOCK DAMPERS STD. RADIATOR MATRIX ASSUMED TO BE STATIONARY. BONNET REMOVED. AMPLITUDE OF VIBRATION - INCHES ROVER BUMPER WITH HALF BOB WEIGHTS. REMOVED. NO X MEMBER. ROVER BUMPER WITH FULL BOB WEIGHTS. NO X MEMBER. WILMOT BUMPER ONLY. NO X MEMBER. DROPPED X MEMBER ONLY. NO BUMPERS. AS STANDARD CHASSIS. NO BUMPERS. NO DROPPED X MEMBER. OFFSIDE LAMP RELATIVE TO RAD. FRAME RELATIVE TO RAD. NEARSIDE LAMP RELATIVE TO RAD. FREQUENCY OF APPLIED IMPULSES - PER MIN. F.J.H. 9/10/34 | ||