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Critical air temperature figures for a Phantom II car with a standard radiator under various driving conditions.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 94\3\  scan0058
Date  19th May 1931
  
Critical Air Temperature Figures for Ph.II Car with last standard radiator; i.e., large, hexagon-ended American tubes (taken from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 8/KT.19.5.31).

Condition
Critical Air Temperature.

(1) 30 M.P.H., full throttle (three ventilating shutters per side of bonnet - open).
29.5°C.

(2) -ditto- but 45 M.P.H.
30.0°C.

(3) -ditto- but maximum speed.
35.0°C. (approx. - estimated).
  
  
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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