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Comparison of different fan types tested on a Bentley car B.56.BN at Brooklands.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 104\3\  scan0233
Date  4th May 1937 guessed
  
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Comparison of Fans at Brooklands on Bentley car B.56.BN. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}

(a) 30 M.P.H. Full Throttle.

FAN Critical Air Temperature °C.
Std. 25/30. Fan blades. 46.4
RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} pressed Fan blades. 44.2
EW.947 fan blades. 43.6
Std. Bentley fan blades. 43.9

(b), Full Speed (87 M.P.H.) Full Throttle.

FAN Critical Air Temperature °C.
Std. 25/30 Fan blades. 44.5
RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} pressed fan. blades. 43.5
EW.947 Fan blades. 44.5
Std. Bentley fan blades. 46.0
  
  
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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