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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).
Blueprint graph showing chassis and body torsion test results for a Wraith chassis.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 99\2\  scan0068
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
Y-AXIS LABELS:
57,000 LBS-INS
42,750 LBS-INS
28,500 LBS-INS
14,250 LBS-INS
6°, 5°, 4°, 3°, 2°, 1°, 0°
X-AXIS (TOP):
15.5"
17"
17.5"
26"
26"
18.5"
30.5"
26.5"
X-AXIS (BOTTOM):
FRONT CROSS MEMBER
FRONT AXLE
DASH
BODY BRACKET
BODY BRACKET
REAR SPRING SHACKLE ANCHORAGE
REAR AXLE
  
  


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