1930-06-04 — Page 3

MOTOR NOTES.

SIXTEEN DAYS.

MOTOR-CYCLE LAPS THE T.T. COURSE 350 TIMES.

consisted of encircling the famous T.T. course no less thau 330 times at high speed, equivalent to com- pleting 50 T.T. races.

The machine employed was a 300 e.c. Dunelt, atted with Stormey Archer engine and gear-box, and built up entirely from standard arts, selected from the works of the manufacturers, Messrs. Durlord

The most, ambitious test in the history of motor cycling was recent ly brought to a successful conclu- sion in the Isle of Man. The trial,& which was conducted under the oh- servation of the Auto Cycle Union

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A team of riders were engaged, for the test was carried out "con- tinuously by night and day, acd tnak 16 days to complete. The total distance of 13,200 miles was thus covered at an average speed of 34.9 m.p.h., including all stops. As the roads were not closed to ridinary traffic and "speeding " could not be allowed, the average speed is remarkably high, especial-

when it is remembered that prac tically half the riding was done in the hours of darkness.

Certain repairs and replacements had, of course, been necessary during the test, but this was only to be expected, since the equiva- lent of nearly three years' average use was piled into those 16 days of continuous riding In a way, in- deed, it was more severe, for few motor cyclists use their machines in the terrible weather conditions through which the Dunelt was driven for more than half the time. The manufacturers of the Dunel were awarded the coveted Maudes Trophy last year for the high speed earance test at Montlhery and this latest performance of theirs. Provides, yet another striking exam- le of the extraordinary reliability of the modern motor cycle.

SCIENTIFIC BRAKE

TESTS.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1930.

THE WORLD AT ITS WORST

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difficulty, of course, lies in obtain ing the proper adjustment; it is easy enough, perhaps, to set the brakes so that they begin to apply equally, but it by no means follows that the application remains equal when more pressure is applied.

braking effect on each wheel, the

By far the safest and cheapest way of adjusting brakes is to have the operation carried out an a scientific brake-testing machine. In the days before front-wheel One of the best-known of these is. brakes becanic ubiquitous the com- the Bendix-Cowdrey dynamic brake pensation and testing of the exis-tester, which actually mensures the

g brakes was important enough. hat perhaps it was not so dangerous as it is to-day. in that drivers did not rely on their brakes to the same degree. The old back-wheel brakes were so ineffective when the roads were wet that a little, extra in- efficiency did not make much differ-

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I have enjoyed a novel motoring experience (writes Mr. Harold Pemberton" in a London paper). I

drove a motor-car in the busiest

trafic centre of London without once changing gear even when brought to a dead stop, and, even more surprising, without ouce oper ating the clutch pedal.

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But at low engine speed the slip can" become 100 per cent.. thus the engine is enabled to run without moving the car. Thia happens at about 600 revolutions A minute.

Fascinating.

Driving in such circumstances is most fascinating. When you stop the car declutches on its own, so to speak. When you restart the eluteb goes in on its own.

Though actually in gear the car does not move until the engine is running at approximately 600 r.p.n.

It takes up the power on BC- celeration with turbite smoothness.

actually drove down to what could not have been a greater speed than m.p.h. and accelerated up to nearly 80 m.p.h.

One test I made was to start in top gear on a fairly stiff incline. The engine never demurred.

cut.

This instrument is too expensive for the ordinary motorist to con- sider purchasing, bat it is probable that it will shortly be installed in any leading garages in England. The brake tester consists of two

a locomotive-that is, by the so- or more nairs of rollers, electricThe car was controlled just like ally driven; one pair is placed celerator, only. To stop, it was under each wheel to be tested and only necessary to decelerate and Take the case of a hill of excep- tional severity too steep for top. the rollers drive the wheel and thus take the place of the road. Apply the hand brake. No need to

pull of the declaton and put the gear lever in gear With an ordinary clutch, un- direct reading of the

less a change down was made, the road" at each wheel can be obtain a neutral position.

To restart, the brake was reengine would protest and dually ed in a few seconds, and the neces- leased, and a gentle pressure on conk protest | sary adjustments can be made im- mediately. Not only can the work the accelerator set the car in With the fluid flywheel the car would come gently to rest, but the be carried out accurately, it can be All the time, top gear was eo-engine would continue to run at executed more speedily and at a gaged, even when the

just under 600 r.p.m. A lower gear consequently reduced cost..

atationary.

w could then be engaged; and as soon The car was a double-six 30-h.p. as the engine picked up its speed Daimler fitted with a new inven. again off would go the car. tion that nearly eliminates the necessity for changing gear. In other words, a device that comes near to solving a problem that has taxed the brains of motor engineers the world over ever since motor cars were first made.

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I say "near" because in certain circumstances, such as when stop ping on a steep hill, or when tack- ing a hill of exceptional severity, it is still necessary to change to a lower gear. For this purpose a small auxiliary clutch is provided.

But for all normal purposes you just drive on the accelerator, for getting gears and clutch pedal alto] gether.

The Daimler Company is the second British firm within the past two years to tackle seriously the gear changing problem.

The new device is likely to cause. an even greater sensation than the Armstrong-Siddeley self-changing gear introduced two years ago, Other firms are busy working on the problem largely because of the fact that women are now joining the ranks of cat buyers in their thousands and they do not like gear changing.

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All Day “On Top.'""

In normal circumstances. It is possible to drive all day on top Hear, starting and restarting in this gear without touching the gear lever and without using the clutch. A very remarkable performance.

At present a charge of £50 extra is being made for fitting the fluid fly-wheel, and it is only available for the double-six "30" models. But the device, is likely to develop rapidly.

I should like to see it tried on a smaller engine. A smooth-run- ning, large multi-cylinder engine is likely to Batter any chatch device. The idea is something very new in motoring, and should it be applic- able to light engines its future should be doubly assured, b

WHEN MOTORISTS ARE PUZZLED.

DIFFERENT POLICE 'SIGNALS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS.

ALL TALKING, SINGING, DANCING

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THREE NEW PLAYS BY EUGENE O'NEILL."'

NOTED PLAYWRIGHT EMERGES FROM SECLUSION.

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As the result of a year'a isolation in the barren countryside of Rabe- | ¡ais it Roman France, Eugene O'Neill has returned to Paris with three.completed plays, said by those Col. Ashley (ex-Minister of privileged few who have read them How is it possible to keep the Transport) suggested at a recent to be the greatest that O'Neill has engine running with the gear en meeting of the Standing Committce over written. gaged and without the car moving?nsidering the Road Traffic Bill By an agreement with the Pro- rincetown Players which O'Neill Fluid Flywheel.

that the highways code to be issued has respected ever since he establish by the Ministry of Transport" The invention that makes this should include directions to police-ed relations with that little theatre possible is called a fluid flywheel men and others controlling traffic group, he will first offer his new plays to that theatre. If the Pro- It resembles an ordinary enclosed as well as to drivers.

vincetown Players do not exercise plate clutch, but actually consista Mr. J. Remer(Conservative mem their option, he will dispose of his of two parts only a driving member for Macclesfield) pointed out work to the highest bidder along ber and a driven member.

that the difference in police signals Broadway The driving member is of cylin in various districts caused difficulty O'Neill has gone far beyond drical construction; the driven to motorists,

himself, Horace B. Liveright, member is enclosed within it, and Very often," be said, you have Broadway play buyer and book the whole compartment filled with not the slightest idea what the binder, has stated. He has never police want you to do, especially written anything like there plays Both the driving and driven memin Manchester and Birmingham. 1 before, and they will go around the bers are of cup-like section, and think in those two cities it 18 world before they are through. But are divided into a large number of atmolutely impossible to understand O'Neill has changed in writing. cells or radial webs.

what the police want you to do. Power is transmitted as follows: The moving of the driving mem- bers by the engine causes the oil in its cells to flow outwards. The oil starts on a circulatory motion between the cups of driving and

oil.

In Big, the oil is retarded "in velocity, and therefore releases power which sets the driven mem- ber in motion,

them. He is in perfect health, but Mr. Herbert Morrison (Minister shows that he has worked too hard of Transport) said that in this and has been too long away from matter they ought to leave the res his old friends. He seems ponsibility to the local police, actually timid, frightened of Paris, assisted and instructed by the Home but decidedly convinced of the merit of his own plays. Be does Office A

not long for Broadway, and seems sull' and writa

Col Howard-Bury (0, Chelms

code should be taught in schools so that everybody, as they grew up, would understand the proper con. At ordinary speeds the oil needs duct, ou the roads, Hittle retardation to develop the

Mr. Morrison said that it was required power, bence the slip intended, that a copy of the high between driving and driven mem-ways code should be handed to each bors is insignificant.

applicant for a new licence.

Ever since his coming to France, Mr. O'Neill has lived in seclusion with his bride. He only rarely came to Paris and then pnseed but passing minutes on the terraces of Montparnasse where all his friends sought him in vain."-

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