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).
Continued discussion on the characteristics of smaller road wheels, noting their flexibility and tendency to bounce.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 104\3\ scan0088 | |
Date | 25th March 1929 guessed | |
contd :- -2- The smaller road wheels being inferior suggests to me that they are more flexible and resilient on the road and probably somewhat more liable to bounce, and at a lower speed than their weight would suggest. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||