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Specification comparison between two tyre models, Fort '90' and MA-2.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 157\1\  scan0153
Date  23th November 1934
  
Technical Department,
FORT DUNLOP

23.11.34.

6.00-19 : M.A-2 v. {VIENNA} '90'.

Fort '90'. MA-2.

Rim - 3.62 in. 3.62 in.
Diameter - 31.90 in. 31.80 in.
Width - 6.25 in. 6.10 in.
Effective Radius - 15.05 in. 15.0 in.
Pattern Depth - 11.3 m {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /m 10.2 m {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /m.
Tread Depth - 15.4 " 14.5 "
Tread Width - 116.0 " 115.0 "

Contact.
Land Area - 22.3 sq.in. 20.6 sq.in.
Ellipse Area - 29.9 " 28.8 "
Ellipse Width - 4.1 in. 4.0 in.
Ellipse Length - 8.1 in. 8.25 in.
Contact Pressure - 65.4 lbs/sq.in. 70.5 lbs/sq.in.

Average Cover Weight - 34.6 lbs. 32.4 lbs.
  
  
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).


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