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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).
Feedback on a car's handling, focusing on suspension damping, floating, and steering.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 154\1\  scan0221
Date  7th December 1934 guessed
  
that I shall remain with the car owing to the possible difficulties with the customs. This means Dubonnet will have to use his own car. The riding in the back of the car now is fairly good. This the normal rating system and practically no damping. In the front seats there is a certain amount of continual up and down floating. This is bound to be so as long as the pure pressure velocity damper is used. I loathe taper needles. Just a little non-pressure velocity damping will make the front on the car quite nice. The steering is still equally good for the lack of
  
  


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