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Test criteria and considerations for a propeller shaft.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 154a\3\  scan0215
Date  27th March 1936 guessed
  
PROPELLOR SHAFT.

(1) Whirling and periods.
(2) Durability.
(3) Weight.
(4) Maximum torque capacity.
(5) Freedom of splines under load.


15,000 miles on the Continent, including freak Devonshire hills.

5 hours maximum torque low gear.
  
  
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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