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).
Secret memo discussing EAC steering effort calculations and a proposed frictionless platform test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\3\ scan0121 | |
| Date | 20th April 1925 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} S E C R E T. EAC. STEERING. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} says if the car is moving i.e. no tyre resistance, then 19 lbs. on the steering wheel should produce full lock if efficiency 50%. What force is required, and does 20 lbs. seem heavy? This does not allow for steering joint friction which should be constant per degree all through the lock. One could fairly easily make a platform for each wheel that would move frictionless in all directions, and circular, by a round cage of balls of considerable dia. say 8" and flat faces. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||