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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 from a U.S. Rubber dynamic test showing drag versus slip angle for a 6-16.4 tire.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 170\3\  img161
Date  21th January 1938 guessed
  
DRAG OF 6-16.4 TIRE
31# INFL. 28 MPH. STEEL DRUM
U.S. RUBBER DYNAMIC TEST
LBS DRAG.
#
150
DRAG
VERTICAL K'PIN IN PLANE OF WHEEL FOR MEASURING PRECESSION TORQUE.
CORNERING FORCE
67" DRUM
SLIP ANGLE

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