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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).
Graph showing the results of chassis and body torsion tests for a Wraith chassis.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 8\10\  10-page137
Date  17th June 1937
  
CHASSIS & BODY TORSION TESTS
WRAITH CHASSIS. 26 G VI
FRAME 0.128" THICK - WITH LARGE HOLES
AND 0.010" THICKER CROSS
WITH FRONT CROSS - CHANNEL
WITHOUT HYSTERESIS
10,000 LBS. INS. PER DEGREE TWIST
17 JUNE 1937
W. 10
Top axis (in inches): 15.5", 17", 17.5", 26", 26", 16.5", 30.5", 26.5"
Left axis (Y-axis): 57,000 LBS INS, 6°, 5°, 42,750 LBS INS, 4°, 3°, 28,500 LBS INS, 2°, 14,250 LBS INS, 1°, 0°
Bottom axis (X-axis): FRONT CROSS MEMBER, FRONT AXLE, DASH, BODY BRACKET, BODY BRACKET, REAR SPRING SHACKLE ANCHORAGE, REAR AXLE
  
  


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