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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-page136
Date  7th June 1937
  
CHASSIS & BODY TORSION TESTS
7 JUNE 1937
WRAITH CHASSIS 26 G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} VI.
FRAME 0.128 THICK WITH LARGE HOLES
WITH 0.010 THICKER MAIN CROSS
WITH FRONT CROSS CHANNEL
WITH HYSTERESIS
10,000 LBS INS PER DEGREE TWIST
W 9
15.5"
17"
17.5"
26"
26"
18.5"
30.5"
26.5"
57,000 LBS INS
42,750 LBS INS
28,500 LBS INS
14,250 LBS INS








SET
FRONT CROSS MEMBER
FRONT AXLE
DASH
BODY BRACKET
BODY BRACKET
REAR SPRING ANCHORAGE
REAR AXLE
  
  


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