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Note on testing balance weights fitted to a crankshaft.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 25\3\  Scan012
Date  2nd February 1911
  
R.R. 148 (20 R) (P 548.10.10.10) G-1130.
Engine X634 . 1/2/11
Balance weights to crank-shaft 4100
Fitted to 1649 chassis 24 1/2" capacity slipper wheel solid crank pinion.
There was no noticeable difference, if anything they brought on slight crank-shaft vibrations.
Magneto drive broke when they were being tested.
C.P
2/2/11
  
  
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).


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