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).
Superchargers, shock absorbers, and the influence of various road conditions on ride quality and suspension.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 170\2\ img156 | |
| Date | 17th June 1933 guessed | |
| 8. provided that reasonably efficient means exist for getting the power to the rear wheels. This limits our interest in streamlining and increases our interest in power weight ratio. A super-charger even if it only operated during these short periods, would be worth the money. Shock Absorbers My own opinion is that they show no prospect whatever of eliminating ride-control (Manual) but have a distinct function as "grab-handles" particularly at the rear, to prevent dis-turbance of the passengers on the awful long waves of which we have so many in this country. The familiar donkey backs in England and "caniveaux" in France are nothing to our road builder's nightmares embalmed in concrete. Prevalence of concrete roads, particular-ly here where temperature differences make them into a succession of tilted slabs like an ice rack, makes the riding problem much more difficult and accounts for the American preference for soft springs on any cars which even pretend to ride decently. ✓ In addition there are our beautifully graded railroad crossings which were | ||