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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).
Average pedal pressure exerted during maximum braking, comparing estimates with data from Isotta.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\K\November1923\  Scan113
Date  17th November 1923
  
TO HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}

DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}1/M17.11.23

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Thank you for the information about Hispano. We note you are going to bring us any additional information when you come. I should like to mention however that I have not made myself clear as to what we meant by pedal pressure. We do not know whether you can conveniently arrive at it, but what we arereally interested in is the number of lbs a man pushes on the average when getting maximum braking. We have hitherto estimated this as being 150 lbs or an average man's weight, but some of the figures we have seen, especially those on the Isotta, lead us to think that it must be very much more sometimes.

DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
  
  


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