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).
Increasing the ground clearance for the Bentley 111 model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\1\ scan0116 | |
| Date | 15th February 1938 | |
| Dev. c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} ---------- 200b BY.3/G.15.2.38. 400 BENTLEY 111. GROUND CLEARANCE. -------------------- We must increase our ground clearance with tyres below the torque rods to 4.250 on full bump. I would prefer to attain this by raising the frame line the least possible amount. I do not see much advantage in making the torque lever to enclose the cross steering coupling, as it is mainly stressed in bending moment, and one should therefore be able to curve the lever in question. I am not inclined to think that the piece is seriously stressed, as a strut or radius rod, as apparently the triangle lever should take care of the fore and aft loading. [Signature] Les Belton R Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} By | ||