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).
From Hs. to AJL. requesting a series of brake tests be carried out.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\2\ scan0236 | |
| Date | 8th February 1924 | |
| Y9910 To AJL. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 8.2.24. BRAKE TESTS. Will you please carry out the following tests on brakes and report to me. Brake jaggers. We wish to try on the toe of the wrapping shoe a 3" or more cast iron liner. As soon as ever possible we also wish to try the unequal springs. These should be available in a few days. We also wish to carry out a test to see how much the lean of the pivot affects the car being steered with unequal braking. We recommend that you make an extreme case - test a car first with vertical pivots - then with 1/4" backward lean. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} has now ready some set up springs which we can fix to brake ropes on a car to see whether the pull is equalised on all brakes. We should like a test made of this with the foot pressure and also with the servo working. -------------- Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||