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).
Diagrams showing the results of a Merlin crankshaft bending test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\1\ scan0069 | |
| Date | 29th September 1938 | |
| MERLIN CRANKSHAFT BENDING TEST CRANKSHAFT DETAILS D4475 (VCM 3250 RRDB) 29.9.38 No 2 JOURNAL 1&6 2&5 3&4 No 3 JOURNAL No 4 JOURNAL No 5 JOURNAL No 6 JOURNAL SCALE 1" TO .010" BL 2211 SHEET 3 DEFLECTIONS AT JOURNALS FOR LOADS OF 200 LBS. ON ALL CRANKPINS AND EQUALISING LOAD OF 373 LBS AT 30° TO 3&4 | ||