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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).
Design and standardisation of the 20 HP steering system.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 106\3\  scan0070
Date  21th May 1926
  
V5430

To CWB. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

Hsl/LG21.5.26.

STANDARDISATION SHEET.
20 HP. STEERING.

Referring to your remarks on the standardisation sheet for the new 20 HP. Steering.

It is quite impossible to fix a pendulum lever inside the frame. The design of the new steering follows the Phantom. The steering box is mounted on the side channel and it is essential that the pendulum lever should come outside.

Your remarks will be sent round on the final standardisation sheets.

Our views are that the new steering which we are standardising is a very definite improvement over the present standard 20 HP. steering - we admit it is not perfect.

We frequently find ourselves in difficulty by ignoring quite a large percentage of improvement in striving to obtain perfection.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  


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