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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).
Tests on steering geometry, specifically the effects of transverse rake and pivot inclination on a 20 HP axle.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 3\4\  04-page180
Date  22th January 1926
  
-3- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Eal/T22.1.26.

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 HP. axle to see if we can
detect the small difference we expect due to the different
pivot inclination xx and the wheel centre being further from
the king pin in the front wheel brake car.


Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ea.
  
  


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