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).
Analysis of arranging rear hydraulic dampers for torque control and the results of a bench test on the torque arm's influence on spring rating.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\Q\2April1927-June1927\ 79 | |
| Date | 30th March 1927 guessed | |
| contd :- -2- that it would be a great advantage if the rear hydraulic dampers on EAC.7. could be arranged to give a measure of torque control to the rear axle. This would obviate the necessity for arranging the attachment of the brake ropes at the point about which the axle twists, and at the same time improve the behaviour of the car when being brought to rest. We have carried out a bench tests to ascertain if the torque arm as at present arranged quarrels with the front spring sufficiently to influence its rating. We find that we can detect no difference in the rating of the springs with and without the torque arm connected. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/W.A.Robotham. | ||