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).
Chassis design, including 3-point suspension, torque tube brakes, and a comparison to an Austin arrangement.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\4\ scan0005 | |
| Date | 3rd March 1919 guessed | |
| -2- front end by the under frame and then back to the whole weight of the car by the main frame. If a 3 point suspen- sion on the combined engine and gear box is used, powerful arms should emanate from the gear box where the torque is on the maximum end where the centre of the weight of the car is already, and the front end of the engine be carried on suspended links or a single bearing on a cross member. This is the reverse of the Austin arrangement. The best physical feature about their chassis is the brake on the torque tube. Although practically this scheme may give trouble, theoretically it is better than the brake being on the chassis as it neutralises the tendency to lift one wheel off the ground on the applica- tion of the brake. The other features about the chassis are I think scarcely worth discussing. The novelties I think will give more trouble than do good. F.H.Royce. | ||