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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).
Graph showing the test results for the Myth rear suspension with a shackle and without axle insulators.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 110\3\  scan0069
Date  22th April 1941
  
TEST OF MYTH REAR SUSPENSION
WITH SHACKLE WITHOUT AXLE INSULATORS.
41.04"
5"
44" WHEN FLAT
TOP RUBBER 5" LONG x 3/8" THICK
BOTTOM " 7" " x 5/8" "
SPRUNG LOAD - LB
VIRTUAL DEFLECTION - INCHES
SUSPENSION RATE LB/INCH
DISTANCE FROM FULL LOAD POSITION - INCHES.
VIRTUAL DEFLECTION
CALCULATED
MEASURED
LOAD
MEASURED
CALCULATED
RATE MEASURED
"" CALCULATED
AS DRAWN
KERB WT. +6 CWT.
MECH. FLAT
TESTS BY Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} / Elm.
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} / C.B.
22/4/41
  
  


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