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Test results for dampers on front brake drums.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 66\5\  scan0084
Date  22th December 1926
  
BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LG22.12.26.

C.2. SERIES - DAMPERS ON FRONT BRAKE DRUMS.

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Replying to BY15/H20.12.26. From our test we believe that the .025" shoulder will be sufficient to keep the brake drum dampers in position.

We have revolved a wheel fitted with these dampers at a speed equal to 110 m.p.h. and there was no sign of the dampers leaving the drum. This means that there is a bigger margin than there is on the dampers fitted to the rear of the 20 HP.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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).


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