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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 load versus rebound to show tyre and spring deflections with and without a roll rod.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 151\2\  scan0307
Date  9th June 1936
  
GAE 20
TYRE AND SPRING DEFLECTIONS
(5 1/2" INITIAL DEFLECTION SPRINGS)
LBS LOAD ON FRONT WHEELS
2,200
2,000
1,800
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
REBOUND
3"
2"
1"
NORMAL POSITION
270 LBS PER INS
305 LBS PER INS
FIG. 1
WITH ROLL ROD
Δ = 5.9"
WITHOUT ROLL ROD
Δ = 6.66"
  
  


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