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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).
Two graphs illustrating vehicle steering and suspension characteristics, showing wheel inclination vs lock angle and oversteer/understeer vs lateral acceleration.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 98\3\  scan0079
Date  21th March 1939 guessed
  
Fig.2
WHEEL INCLINATION IN RELATION TO CAR
OUTWARDS
INWARDS






6° CASTER, 3 1/2° SIDEWAYS LEAN
3/4° CASTER 3 1/2° SIDEWAYS LEAN
INSIDE LOCK ANGLE
40°
30°
20°
10°
STRAIGHT
OUTSIDE LOCK ANGLE
10°
20°
Fig. 3
UNDERSTEER
OVERSTEER
CAR AS NOW
6° CASTER, 5° LOCK ANGLE, +
6° CASTER, FULL LOCK, x
PRESENT ACKERMANN
6° CASTER, GOOD ACKERMANN, FULL LOCK, ⊕
10%
20
30
40
50
LATERAL ACCELERATION % GRAVITY
  
  


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