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).
The design principles of an independent suspension system with diagrams illustrating caster loss.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\1\ scan0104 | |
| Date | 12th February 1934 | |
| 3873 COPY OF REPORT RECEIVED FROM Rs.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} IN U.S.A. DATED 31.1.34. To AG. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rs.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} c. to HOF. c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Dy.{F R Danby} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to Hdy.{William Hardy} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rs.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary}4/KW.12.2.34. INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION. (a) The loss of caster on the heavily loaded wheel is obtained by inclining the wish-bones as shewn. As the wheel approaches bump it loses pivot lean. .5 to 1.00 (b) The outer wheel on the corner, or the most heavily loaded one, tends to produce the majority of the | ||