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).
Tests conducted to understand high-speed steering wobbles caused by tyres running out of true.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 53\2\ Scan174 | |
| Date | 16th September 1925 | |
| R.R. 493a (50 H) (D.D. 21. 12-6-25) J.H.D. Expt. No. X4565 REF: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/LS16.9.25. EXPERIMENTAL REPORT. To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to WOr.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} HIGH SPEED STEERING WOBBLES. X457 X4565 We have confirmed the fact that if the tyre runs out of truth a wobble will be set up although the wheels are statically in balance. We did this by selecting from a number of 6.75" balloon tyres, two tyres, which when run on the axle only caused the spring seat to rise .015". We could not get a wobble out of this pair of tyres. We then repeated the test with two tyres which varied .050" - .060" and we were able to produce wobbles. The measurement of the tyre running out of truth was carried out as indicated in our previous report. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||