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Page on chassis frame distortion, including a sketch of markings on a plate.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\3\  scan0432
Date  12th June 1925
  
R.R. 493A (50 H) (D.D. 31. 12-6-25) J.H.D.
EXPERIMENTAL REPORT.
-4-
Expl. No.
REF HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /RB {R. Bowen} /LG7.4.25.
SKETCH SHEWING MARKINGS ON PLATE.
DASHBRACKET
2ND X MEMBER
3RD X MEMBER
No vertical component.
These tests if not in themselves of any intrinsic value should prove useful in comparison with similar observations on a stiffer chassis.
It is porposed to try bracing the 2nd. and 3rd. cross members diagonally to see if this materially alters the tendency of the frame to distort horizontally.
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /R.Bolton.
  
  
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