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 on a Silver Ghost regarding high-speed steering wobbles and self-centering characteristics.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\2\ scan0173 | |
| Date | 28th September 1925 | |
| tsu20 To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 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} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/LG28.9.25. HIGH SPEED STEERING WOBBLES. K457 With reference to DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}8/M23.9.25. We have tried a car fitted with the torque control on the front axle and vertical pivots. We could not make the steering take charge however fiercely we applied the brakes. In this condition we found that there was quite an appreciable amount of self-centering. The car used for these tests was a Silver Ghost as this is the car upon which the torque control axle was originally fitted. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||