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).
Query on a calculation for the gyroscopic couple on a front axle during high-speed wheel wobble.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\1\ Scan292 | |
| Date | 2nd November 1931 | |
| This calculation for the gyrostatic couple engendered in the front axle due to wheel twist during a high speed wobble assumes a constant mean angular velocity of precession. Actually the wheel is accelerated and decelerated during its contact with the ground. Hence the figure of 1800 lbs ft is hardly correct. To what extent would acceleration affect the result? [Text from the form below, which is upside down] EXPERIMENTAL REPORT OBJECT OF TEST CONDITIONS: X + 10 SUMMARY OF TEST COPIES TO: R.CR{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} BI' MOB' B.A' E D.A' E.B. Exbt' No. REF. TESTER | ||