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).
Several new steering system components and requesting oversight of the associated tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\4\ scan0105 | |
| Date | 21th May 1926 | |
| To RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/JC. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Y8430 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/LG21.5.26. STEERING EXPERIMENTS. We have a number of pieces going through in connection with steering experiments. (1) An arrangement of pivot giving a horizontal stub axle and a vertical king pin. This we believe is almost completely machined. (2) Arrangement of a roller bearing round the pivot pin to take the side thrust. (3) Pivot with off-set centre to obtain self centering without longitudinal rake. We believe the forgings for this have just come to hand. (4) Details for shackling the front spring at the front and rear ends with a locking device. We should be obliged if you could watch all these details as far as possible as the tests at present are considered of primary importance. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||