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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 chassis and body torsion tests on a Packard chassis with front wings.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 86\4\  scan0232
Date  8th June 1937
  
CHASSIS & BODY TORSION TESTS.
PACKARD CHASSIS.
WITH FRONT WINGS.
WITHOUT HYSTERESIS.
9,000 LBS-INS PER DEGREE TWIST.
P 4
8th JUNE 1937.
14"
18.125"
12.5"
31.5"
25.125"
17.375"
18.75"
29.375"
LBS-INS
50,437.5
33,625
16,812.5






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FRONT OF CHASSIS
FRONT AXLE
FRONT TORSION BAR ANCHORAGE
CRUCIFORM FRONT END
CRUCIFORM CENTRE
REAR SPRING ANCHORAGE
CRUCIFORM REAR END
REAR AXLE
  
  


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