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 for high-speed steering wobbles on a Silver Ghost fitted with torque control.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\1\ Scan085 | |
| Date | 28th September 1925 | |
| 457 To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rml/LG28.9.25. HIGH SPEED STEERING WOBBLES. x8420 With reference to DAS/M23.9.25! We have tried a car fitted with the torque control on the front axle and vertical pivots. We could not make the steering take charge however fiercely we applied the brakes. In this condition we found that there was quite an appreciable amount of self-centering. The car used for these tests was a Silver Ghost as this is the car upon which the torque control axle was originally fitted. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||