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).
The mechanical friction required in steering to prevent high-speed wobbles and driver fatigue.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\2\ scan0081 | |
Date | 26th August 1925 guessed | |
contd :- -3- required for the high speed wobbles. We understand that the amount of mechanical friction we have to apply to be sure that high speed wobbles do not occur results in fatigue to the driver owing to the heaviness it applies to the steering. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||