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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 plotting steering angle and torque curves against sideways G-force from a wet ramp skid pan test.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 170\3\  img138
Date  22th December 1937
  
SKID PAN - WET RAMP
DUNLOP 6-50-17 SILENT TYRES
FRONTS 25 LBS/SQ" REAR 30 LBS/SQ"
STEERING ANGLE CURVES
① FROM TRACK ROD MOVEMENT
② FROM STEERING WHEEL
③ TORQUE ON STEERING WHEEL
UNDERSTEER
SIDEWAYS G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp}
TORQUE IN LBS FEET
27 G VI
WITH FRONT ROLL ROD & NO REAR ROLL ROD
  
  


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