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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).
Static tests of the Phantom Sports Steering Column to assess movement due to frame deflection.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 14\8\  Scan040
Date  1st March 1928
  
To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c.c. to BJ. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
c.c. to H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c.c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

X7380

Hsl/LG9. 3. 28.

PHANTOM SPORTS STEERING COLUMN. X7430

With reference to R1/M.3.28. In addition to our report on the tests carried out on the column of the car in France we carried out static tests in parallel in the Expl: Dept: to see if frame deflection could cause appreciable steering column movement. These tests also compared the standard car and the sports, the latter having no tie rods and rubber engine mounting.

It will be seen that the column movement due to frame deflection is negligible, also that the sports frame is rather less rigid in torsion than the standard frame as we should expect. On this test we could not measure any difference with tie rods on or off.


Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

Report attached.
  
  


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