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).
Discussion about the effects of transverse rake and king pin inclination on steering effort, with reference to tests on a 20 HP axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\1\ scan0428 | |
| Date | 22th September 1926 | |
| -3- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/T22.9.26. shocks, and yet not make the steering appreciably heavier. Normally, if we move the wheel centre 3¼" from the king pin the effort required to shunt the car becomes impossible. To confirm the effect of transverse rake, we are conducting tests on the two types of 20 H.P. axle to see if we can detect the small difference we expect due to the different pivot inclination and the wheel centre being further from the king pin in the front wheel brake car. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||