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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).
Ongoing testing of brake components, including duralumin shoes, drum dampers and brake straps.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 26\4\  Scan317
Date  15th December 1926 guessed
  
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straps without any detrimental results.

The shoes we are using are castings, the front braking is standard. Therefore/with duralumin shoes and reduced front braking, there should be a considerable margin of safety with a lightened shoe.

The WW. drum dampers appear so far to be very effective. However we feel if the damping could be obtained by reducing instead of adding weight, it would be an asset. We are therefore continuing the tests with different types of linings and lightened brake straps with a view to obtain-ing the required result.

HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/W.A. Robotham.
  
  


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