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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).
Comparison table detailing the particulars of servo-operated front and rear brakes for various car models.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 12\5\  05-page243
Date  16th December 1930 guessed
  
PARTICULARS OF SERVO OPERATED BRAKES.

TABLE:

| TYPE OF CAR | FRONT BRAKES. | REAR BRAKES. |
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | TOTAL AREA OF FRICTION SURFACE | BRAKE AREA PER TON LOAD. | FRICTION MATERIAL | TOTAL AREA OF FRICTION SURFACE | BRAKE AREA PER TON LOAD | FRICTION MATERIAL |
| SILVER GHOST | 78.4 □" * | 66.6 □" | Ferodo | 142.8 □" † | 110.0 □" | Ferodo |
| PHANTOM I. | 78.4 □" * | 65.3 □" | Ferodo | 142.8 □" † | 105.8 □" | Ferodo |
| PHANTOM I (LATER SERIES). | 69.6 □" * | 58.0 □" | Ferodo | 94.4 □" | 69.9 □" | Ferodo |
| PHANTOM II | 85.7 □" | 81.7 □" | Ferobestos | 94.4 □" | 69.9 □" | Ferodo |
| PHANTOM II (LATER SERIES) | 89.5 □" | 85.3 □" | Ferobestos | 129.3 □" | 95.8 □" | Ferobestos |
| PHANTOM II (LOCOMOTIVE TYPE). | 87.6 □" | 83.5 □" | Ferobestos & AMR.2. | - | - | - |
| 20 H.P. | 53.6 □" | 72.1 □" | Ferodo | 108.0 □" | 115.2 □" | Ferodo |
| 20 H.P. (LATER SERIES) & 25 H.P. | 53.6 □" | 72.1 □" | Ferodo | 115.2 □" | 123.0 □" | Ferodo |

FOOTNOTES:
* WILL INCREASE TO A FURTHER 18.0 □" AREA WITH WEAR, (OWING TO CHAMFER ON FABRIC).
† INCLUDES AREA OF RIVET HEADS, (WHICH ARE IN CONTACT WITH DRUMS).

NOTE: THE BRAKE AREA PER TON LOAD IS BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF AN AVERAGE COMPLETE CAR.
  
  


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