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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).
Requesting a test on lengthened stub axles for the 'SS' Front Axle due to concerns about unbalanced forces.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 12\1\  01-page082
Date  22th June 1928
  
Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}

X7420

DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}2/M22.6.28

'SS{S. Smith}' FRONT AXLE. X.7420
X.401 X.457

With reference to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RmL/LG18.6.28., H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} thinks that an objection to putting the wheel further from the plane of the pivot would be the increased moment of any unbalanced force on the wheel. He would like you to test whether the effect of an identical unbalanced force is objectionably increased with the lengthened stub axles, as compared with present standard pivots.

DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
  
  


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