Re: Scan from a new box of documents

Posted by Jeff On 2012/8/21 7:21:58

This is a very interesting sheet - would definitely be interesting to see more. This particular sheet is quite late in the development cycle - Sept. '54 would have been just prior to launch, and in the last group of test cars. As suggested, this fits into the date range for the 25,000 mile car, and others as well. It appears to be a test of the compensator motor and it's ability to lift the tail of the vehicles at a given rate. I would guess that they were fine-tuning the system prior to launch. Just as possible, they could have been testing future hardware, keeping in mind that they were only twelve months (give or take) from launching the 56th Series.