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).
Test results for an 'old Daimler' steering system, noting unreliability and recording steering effort measurements.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\4\ Scan056 | |
| Date | 17th September 1913 guessed | |
| Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}19/L16913. (contd) The old Daimler was tried but it locked itself if a big load was applied at the pivot. The load was decreased at the steering wheel until it could be lifted. The results were unreliable even with a light load. The best we could do was :- Inch lbs on steering column. 19 Steering right. 30 lbs. Steering left. 86 lbs. | ||