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).
Secret memo discussing design experiments and suggestions for front wheel brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\2\ scan0049 | |
| Date | 10th October 1923 | |
| R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. CJ. c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X9940 E.A.C - SECRET. FRONT WHEEL BRAKES We have received your two wires of to-day's date. We had put in hand a lever pivoted on the axle to bring the rope pull below the centre of the radius rod for further test. We are also arranging to test your other suggestions. We might also try making a frame torque member from the spring seats to a single ball joint under the rear of the engine. This can easily be arranged for an experiment, but would mean considerable alterations to the design. Do you think this would be any good, and should we try it? Rg.{Mr Rowledge} | ||