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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).
Diagram and calculations for vehicle moment of inertia and weight distribution.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 108\2\  scan0250
Date  10th July 1939
  
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HFP.2/MH.{M. Huckerby}10.7.39.

AXIS ABOUT WHICH MOMENT OF INERTIA WAS MEASURED

FRONT
REAR
CG
A
9.9"
4.5"
45"
14"
64 3/4"
66 3/4"
2182 LBS
4436 LBS
2254 LBS

Moment of Inertia about A - 108,900 lb.ft2
Moment of Inertia about Centre of Gravity - 88,000 lb.ft2
Inertia of Wheels - 41.85 lb/ft2
Weight of Unsprung mass including wheels -
Front - 135 lbs. per wheel.
Rear - 215 lbs. per wheel.

Front 270 lbs. total.
Rear 430 lbs. total.

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HFP.
  
  


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