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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).
Steering effort, wheel centre position, and testing on a 20 HP axle.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 17\3\  Scan100
Date  22th September 1926
  
Contd. -3- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/T22.9.26.

shocks, and yet not make the steering appreciably heavier. Normally, if we move the wheel centre 3½" 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 and the wheel centre being further from the king pin in the front wheel brake car.


Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

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