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).
Gearing change to an inertia damper to improve its function in preventing high-speed steering wobbles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\2\ scan0111 | |
| Date | 26th January 1926 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 48520 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rml/LG26.1.26. INERTIA DAMPER. 4457 With reference to the inertia damper for high speed steering wobbles. We find that when we are experiencing a wobble of the maximum amplitude which is likely to occur under any combination of circumstances, the angular movement of the arm on this damper is only 22° when the connecting link is in its lowest position. We suggest therefore that if the movement of the connecting link to this device was geared 2 to 1, it would have a better chance of functioning satisfactorily. <-22°-> Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||