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).
Poor performance of the standard 3-pin brake servo on chassis B-56-BN.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\4\ scan0149 | |
| Date | 1st April 1936 | |
| x264 a Mr. Hamilton, Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, France. c.c. to GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}2/KW.1.4.36. Brakes on B-56-BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} We have made enquiries about the servo on this car. It is a standard 3-pin servo and is therefore inferior to the majority of experimental servos the output of which may be 33% higher. It will be recalled that the pedal pressure to operate the brakes on B-56-BN{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} was said to be rather high when it was last in France. This was no doubt due to the standard servo showing up badly in comparison to those to which we are now used; and any efforts to improve its output are likely to be useless. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.F.Martindale. | ||