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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).
Instruction sheet detailing steering test results with different tyre pressures and types.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 80\1\  scan0118
Date  29th January 1923
  
RR 26 (10H BKS) (SH 688 5-11-20) MP 231103
43791A
ROLLS-ROYCE LTD.
INSTRUCTIONS.
To Mr Hines
Order No. Steering Tests
Customer's No.

Table 1:
5EX fitted with 895X150 canvas tyres
Tyre Pressure | 1st Test lbs | 2nd Test lbs
100 | 15 | 56 60½
80 | 17 | 61 110½
60 | 19 | 64 66½
40 | 22 50½ | 77 110½
40 | 22 80½ | 109

Table 2:
5EX friction in O.S. pivots Cord Tyres.
Tyre Pressure | [1st Test] | [2nd Test]
100 | 36 | 96
80 | 37 20½ | 96
60 | 37 20½ | 99
40 | 37 20½ | 109
20 | 42 | 134

Signed
This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work.
  
  


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