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Table of dimensions for servo-operated brakes across various models.


Identifier  Morton\M19\  img091
Date  4th December 1930 guessed
  
TITLE: DIMENSIONS OF SERVO OPERATED BRAKES

TABLE HEADERS:
TYPE | FRONT BRAKES - ARC OF CONTACT OF EACH BRAKE STRAP LENGTH | FRONT BRAKES - WIDTH OF SHOE | FRONT BRAKES - DIA. OF DRUM | REAR BRAKES - ARC OF CONTACT OF EACH BRAKE STRAP ANGLE | REAR BRAKES - WIDTH OF SHOE | REAR BRAKES - DIA. OF DRUM

TABLE DATA:
Silver Ghost(1907 40/50 historic RAC 15,000 miles trial) & Phantom I | 13.0" | 1.70"* | 15.0" | 99°* | 2.00" | 17.0"
Phantom I (Later Series) | 11.3" | 1.75"* | 15.0" | 86°* | 2.00" | 17.0"
Phantom II | 14.0" | 1.75" | 15.0" | 107° | 1.75" | 16.0"
Phantom II (Lorry Chassis) | 13.9" | 1.75" | 15.2" | 106° | 2.25" | 16.0"
Phantom II (Locomotive Type) | 14.1" | 1.75" | 15.2" | 108° | 2.25" | 16.0"
20 H.P. | 11.7" | 1.30" | 14.4 | 118° | 2.00" | 14.0"
20 H.P. (Later Series) & 25 H.P. | 11.7" | 1.30" | 15.3 | 125° | 2.00" | 14.0"

FOOTNOTE:
* INCREASES TO AN ADDITIONAL 3.0" & 23° RESPECTIVELY WITH WEAR.
  
  
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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