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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).
Comparing the acceleration and braking performance of the 117-MC and Standard models.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 160\2\  scan0076
Date  14th December 1925
  
R.R. 433a (H) (P.D. S) 176-5) J.B.D.
EXPERIMENTAL REPORT. -5- Expl. No. REF Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bm/LG14.12.25

Expressing the time to accelerate in m.p.h:
and seconds, instead of as in Graph 1: - we have :-

Increase in speed. Time taken secs.
117-MC. Standard.
10 - 20 -- 4.9
20 - 30 5.0 5.3
30 - 40 5.4 6.4
40 - 50 6.1 7.7
50 - 60 7.4 11.1

And comparing the distances to rest instead of the
retardation produced by the brakes :-

Road speed m.p.h. Distance to rest. ft.
117-MC . Standard.
60 150 270
50 94 170
40 70 108
30 40 60

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/W.A.Robotham,
  
  


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