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).
Steering wobbles in the 40/50 HP chassis following a visit to West Wittering.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 80\1\ scan0112 | |
| Date | 5th October 1920 | |
| X3491a Extract from E1/G8.10.20. RE VISIT OF MESSRS. HIVES. & DAY TO WEST WITTERINGHenry Royce's home town X.1698 TUESDAY 5th OCTOBER. 1920. STEERING - 40/50 H.P. CHASSIS. X.3791a. X.457. The combination of set-up springs, friction damping, irreversible and central steering, is the one Mr. Royce considers important. Mr. Hives reports that this com-bination tends to suffer from low speed wobbles. Although leaning the pivots back encourages wobbles, the customers liek it because of the self-steering characteristic of the car introduced thereby. Mr. Royce thinks there is no gyrostatic action in wobbling, as it takes place on a road having a perfectly smooth surface. | ||