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).
Continued note on the performance characteristics of smaller road wheels.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\8\ Scan121 | |
Date | 22th March 1929 guessed | |
contd :- -2- The smaller road wheels being inferior suggests to me that they are more flexible and resilient on the road and probably somewhat more liable to bounce, and at a lower speed than their weight would suggest. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||