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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).
Comparison table of servo and brake particulars for different car models.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 179b\2\  img058
Date  3rd November 1932 guessed
  
SERVO AND BRAKE PARTICULARS

| | 40/50 | 20/25 | PERF. |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAR WEIGHT | 48 CWT | 35 CWT | 28 CWT |
| BRAKE UNITS FROM BRAKING | R | 272 x S | 220 x S | 188 x S | S = TORQUE MULTIPLICATION |
| | F | 227 x | 304 x S | 195 x S |
| SERVO TORQUE MULTIPLICATION | FOR µ = .2 | 2.53 | 1.55 | 1.28 |
| = 2µ / {µ + FABRIC COT λ / 2 CAM} | | | | |
| TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ROAD WHEEL DIA. | | | | |
| BRAKE UNITS PROP. TO | 38 | 26 | 17 |
| FOR SAME DECELERATION | | | | |
| PEDAL PRESSURE REQUIRED | 100 | 106 | 130 |
| END THRUST ON SERVO | 1030 | 742 | 1030 |
| AREA OF SERVO LINING | 12.2 | 8.7 | 5.5 |
| UNIT PRESSURE (P) | 85 | 85 | 188 |
| RUBBING VEL FOR SAME CAR SPEED | | | | |
| PROPORTIONAL TO (V) | 5 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| PY | 42.5 | 48.5 | 105 | HEATING PROP. TO THIS |
| LINEAR MOVEMENT OF SCISSOR LEVER | | | | |
| FOR 1" MOVEMENT OF REAR BRAKE CAM | .83 | .57 | .59 |
| ANGULAR MOVEMENT | 4.05 | 3.23 | 3.95 |
| NOTCH ADJUSTMENT | 5° | 5° | 6° |
| ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF SCISSOR LEVER FOR 1 NOTCH | 20.3° | | 15.4° |
  
  


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