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Test report on radiator efficiency at various speeds and a note on brake shudder.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 82\2\  scan0091
Date  17th July 1934
  
STD Please note L2002 (2)

Hotel de France,
Châteauroux. Indre.
France.

To HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /RM. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
From G.W.H.

17th July 1934.

4 B IV.

We have taken tests to show the efficiency of the radiator. The car was run in each case until the temperature remained consistent on a give and take route.

M.P.H. FAN BELT ON. FAN BELT OFF.
20 71°C 74°C
30 69°C 74°C
40 70°C 73°C
50 71°C 75°C
60 72°C 78°C
70 75°C 81°C
80 79°C 84°C

Air temperature 28°C.

BRAKES.
The BZ linings shudder as bad as MR when first applied after washed and standing all night.

[Signature]

G.W.H.
  
  
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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