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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).
Data table comparing original steering geometry with the effects of rolling the car, under varying applied torque.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 95\1\  scan0157
Date  10th December 1934 guessed
  
(AS ON R.H. CORNER)
ORIGINAL STEERING GEOMETRY
WHEELS STRAIGHT

EFFECT OF ROLLING SPECTRECodename for Phantom III CAR TO LEFT
(SHORT BOTTOM LINKS)
WHEELS ON FULL R.H. LOCK

TABLE HEADERS:
APPLIED TORQUE LBS. FT.
FRAME ANGLE
LEAN OF WHEELS - O.S.
LEAN OF WHEELS - N.S.
TRANSVERSE LEAN N.S.
TOE IN
ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF STEERING WHEEL
VARIATION IN DIRECTION OF FRONT WHEELS - O.S.
VARIATION IN DIRECTION OF FRONT WHEELS - N.S.
CASTOR ANGLE

FIRST TABLE DATA (ORIGINAL STEERING GEOMETRY, WHEELS STRAIGHT):
ROW 1: 0, 1/2°, .5° IN, .44° OUT, 3.5°, .550, 0, NOT MEASURABLE, 1°
ROW 2: 580, 1 1/4°, 1.63° IN, 1.48° OUT, 3 1/4°, .650, 4.2° DEC., NOT MEASURABLE, (empty)
ROW 3: 1160, 2 1/4°, 2.66° IN, 2.34° OUT, 3.3°, .850, 8.0° DEC., NOT MEASURABLE, (empty)
ROW 4: 1740, 3°, 3.7° IN, 2.96° OUT, 3.5°, 1.0, 11.5° DEC., NOT MEASURABLE, 1.29° INC., 1/2°

SECOND TABLE DATA (EFFECT OF ROLLING, WHEELS ON FULL R.H. LOCK):
ROW 1: 0, 1/2°, .29° OUT, .22° OUT, 3.8°, (empty), 0, NOT MEASURABLE, 1°
ROW 2: 580, 1 1/4°, .29° IN, .74° OUT, 3.9°, (empty), 13.4° DEC., NOT MEASURABLE, (empty)
ROW 3: 1160, 2 1/2°, 1.18° IN, 1.48° OUT, 4.5°, (empty), 23.4° DEC., NOT MEASURABLE, (empty)
ROW 4: 1740, 3°, 1.77° IN, 2.07° OUT, 4.5°, (empty), 29.5° DEC., NOT MEASURABLE, 1.66° INC., 1/2°
  
  


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