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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).
Note on American self-damping steering boxes and the potential for axle flutter at Brooklands.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 28\2\  Scan195
Date  24th May 1933
  
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E.4/HP.24.5.33.
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The Americans use a self damping box but retain the side steering tube springs. This is also unpleasant as the axle may be fluttering without the driver knowing it, as on the Buick we drove at Brooklands.


E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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