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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).
Graph showing the calculated versus measured results from a test of the Myth rear suspension.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 110\3\  scan0077
Date  22th April 1941
  
TEST OF MYTH REAR SUSPENSION
WITH SHACKLE WITHOUT AXLE INSULATORS.

[Diagram showing a leaf spring]
41.04"
44" WHEN FLAT
5"
TOP RUBBER 5" LONG x 7/8" THICK
BOTTOM " 7" " x 5/8" "

[Graph Legends]
VIRTUAL DEFLECTION
CALCULATED
MEASURED

LOAD
MEASURED
CALCULATED

RATE MEASURED
" CALCULATED

[Y-Axis Left]
SPRUNG LOAD - LB
VIRTUAL DEFLECTION - INCHES

[Y-Axis Right]
SUSPENSION RATE LB/INCH

[X-Axis Bottom]
DISTANCE FROM FULL LOAD POSITION - INCHES
AS DRAWN
KERB WT. +6 CWT.
MECH. FLAT.

[Bottom Right]
TESTS BY Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CLm.{D. D. Clapham}
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/C.B.
22/4/41
  
  


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