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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).
Graphical analysis of the maximum movement of a flexible shackle spring eye under various driving conditions.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 28\5\  Scan069
Date  31th August 1931 guessed
  
FLEXIBLE SHACKLE (HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 213) MAXIMUM MOVEMENT OF SPRING EYE

HARD BRAKING
TURNING ON FULL LOCK AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
L.H. LOCK
R.H. LOCK
VERY BAD ROAD HITTING BUFFERS (20MPH)
MAXIMUM RECORDED DURING AVERAGE RUN. (INCLUDES NORMAL BRAKING)
Bar Values: .156", .064", .193", .013", .073", .003", .180", .144", .085", .048"
F:- FORWARD MOVEMENT OF SPRING EYE.
B:- BACKWARD

MOVEMENT OF SPRING EYE (INS)
SPRING LOAD AT SPRING EYE (LBS)
ROAD SPEED (M.P.H.)
GOOD MAIN ROAD
JOGGLING ROAD
Y-Axis Left (INS): .150, .100, .050
Y-Axis Right (LBS): 792, 528, 264
X-Axis (M.P.H): 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80
  
  


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