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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).
Graph illustrating wheel fight characteristics, showing amplitude against frequency cycles.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 170\3\  img022
Date  4th March 1936
  
WHEEL FIGHT
ON 9"x1" CAMS
TYPICAL CONDITION.
AMPLITUDE
END OF HIGH FREQUENCY CYCLE COMING. DOWN.
START OF LOW FREQUENCY CYCLE
START OF HIGH FREQ. CYCLE. GOING UP
A = LOW FREQ. CYCLE (CHIEFLY WHEEL FLAP)
B = HIGH FREQ. CYCLE (CHIEFLY WHEEL HOP)
STIFF FRONT SHOCK ABSORBERS MAY SPREAD 'B' UP TO 700 v/MIN. OR MORE.
STIFF STG. GEAR MAY SUPPRESS 'A' - MAKES 'B' VIOLENT
SOFT STG. INCREASES 'A' MAY SUPPRESS 'B'.
OLLEY MAR. 4/ '36
  
  


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