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Performance and weight test results for a 20 HP, Chassis 1150, conducted on Ticknall Hill.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 107\4\  scan0068
Date  18th February 1925
  
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20 HP. PERFORMANCE AND WEIGHT. +41324

CHASSIS 1150

Past O.K. dynamometer test for H.P.
Taken by EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} and Mr. Archer 18.2.25.
Covered test body (6½ cwt.) i.e. normal total,
no ballast or passengers, 29½ cwt.
Ticknall Hill. Dry. No appreciable wind.
Conditions good.

| Balast cwts. | Passen-gers. | Total weight. No passgrs: | 6 speeds. Max. at top. | Min. | Time. mins. secs. |
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|------|-------------------|
| 0 | 2 | 29½ cwt. | 39 | 30 | 1. 40½ |
| 1½ | 2 | 31 | 38 | 28½ | 1. 45 |
| 3½ | 2 | 33 | 37 | 26 | 1. 49 |
| 5½ | 2 | 35 | 35 | 25 | 1. 56 |
| 7½ | 2 | 37 | 34 | 23 | 2. 3 |

[Faint watermark: 1805 DICKINSON BOND]
  
  
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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