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).
Tests carried out to prove the effect of tyre pressures on maximum speed.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\2\ Scan164 | |
| Date | 2nd June 1923 | |
| X3538 To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG2.6.23. EFFECT OF TYRE PRESSURES ON MAXIMUM SPEED. X.4578 X.3538. You will remember at Le CanadelHenry Royce's French residence the question was raised with regard to the effect the tyre pressure had on maximum speed. We carried out tests to prove this, and attach copy of the results. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||