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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).
List of moments of inertia for various wheel and tyre components related to high-speed wobbles.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 159\1\  scan0150
Date  26th November 1926
  
X3725
26.11.26

HIGH SPEED WOBBLES. X457 X4080

I of 6.75 tyre and tube - 70.4 lbs. ft.units.
I of 6.00" tyre and heavy tube - 78.4 lbs.ft.units.
I of disc and steel rim and wheel - 58.6 lbs.ft.units.
I of disc and wheel - 33.5 lbs. ft. units.
I of wheel alone - 17.4 lbs.ft.units.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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