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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 plotting tyre slip angles against sideways acceleration for various tyre types on a Bentley chassis.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 156\3\  scan0049
Date  14th April 1938
  
TYRE SLIP ANGLES
TESTS ON BENTLEY CHASSIS B23 A.E.
TOTAL WEIGHT ON REAR WHEELS 18 CWTS 3 QTS.
ALL TYRES ON 4.500 WIDE RIMS
ALL TYRES AT 28 LBS/D'' PRESSURE.
6.50 x 16 Tyres on 4.500 rims
6.50 x 17 Tyres on 4.000 rims
SLIP ANGLE - DEGREES
SIDEWAYS ACCELERATION - FRACTIONS OF g
AVON 6.50 x 16 4 PLY
AVON 6.50 x 17 4 PLY
FISK 6.50 x 16 4 PLY
INDIA 6.50 x 16 6 PLY
AVON 6.50 x 17 6 PLY
INDIA 6.50 x 17 6 PLY
14/4/38
  
  


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