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).
Steering characteristics and low-speed wobbles on a 40/50 HP chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\4\ Scan191 | |
| Date | 5th October 1920 | |
| x457 Extract from E1/G8.10.20. RE VISIT OF MESSRS. HIVES. & DAY TO WEST WITTERINGHenry Royce's home town X.1698. TUESDAY 5th OCTOBER. 1920. STEERING - 40/50 H.P. CHASSIS. X.3791a. X.457. The combination of set-up springs, friction damping, irreversible and central steering, is the one Mr. Royce considers important. Mr. Hives reports that this combination tends to suffer from low speed wobbles. Although leaning the pivots back encourages wobbles, the customers liek it because of the self-steering characteristic of the car introduced thereby. Mr. Royce thinks there is no gyrostatic action in wobbling, as it takes place on a road having a perfectly smooth surface. | ||