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).
High-speed wobbles and a test involving a torque tube on the front axle.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\1\ Scan073 | |
Date | 23th September 1925 | |
To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} +457 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}8/M23.9.25. HIGH SPEED WOBBLES. X.457 X.8420 It is understood that you will again run the car fitted with a torque tube to the front axle, so arranged as to make the pivots vertical, with a view to testing whether the danger of the steering taking charge on corners, or with heavy braking, is reduced by the use of a torque tube. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||