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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).
Blueprint showing graphs from rear axle motion experiments on a Phantom 98 N.K. vehicle.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 67a\2\  scan0210
Date  29th October 1928
  
SHEET 2
REAR AXLE MOTION EXPERIMENTS
PHANTOM 98 N.K.
BURTON ROAD RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSING
COMING IN TOWARDS DERBY
23 M.P.H
x 4-12
NO DAMPERS
x 5-34
HARTFORDS ONLY
SET AT 40 LBS
35 M.P.H
x 8-88
NO DAMPERS
HARTFORDS ONLY
SET AT 40 LBS
BURTON RD. HUMP-BACK BRIDGE
M.P.H
GOING OUT FROM DERBY
35
ALL x 11.6
AXLE HEAVILY DAMPED
NO SHOCK ABSORBERS
40
HEAVY DAMPING
COMING IN TOWARDS DERBY
35
HEAVY DAMPING
NO SHOCK ABSORBERS
(Stamp) 27 NOV 31 DERBY
TSN. 29.10.28.
(Graph Data) 1.45, 2.05, 2.07, 1.05, 1.45, 1.75, 2.00, 1.25, 1.45, 1.50, 1.80, 2.00, 2.15, 2.40, 2.25, 5.40, 2.95, 3.25, 3.05, 2.40, .95, .95, 1.70, .90, .80, 2.05, 1.65, .90, .85, 5.10, 2.30, 2.30, 1.74, 1.67, 1.4, 4.76, 1.55, 1.55, 3.15, 3.31, 1.67, 1.14
  
  


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