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Blueprint graph showing the results of fan tests on a 3 1/2 Litre Bentley, charting water temperature rise over time.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 86\5\  scan0005
Date  9th September 1933
  
3 1/2 LITRE BENTLEY FAN TESTS (CHASSIS 4 - B.IV)
WATER TEMPERATURE RISE - LIGHT RUNNING - WATER AT 80°C AT COMMENCEMENT OF TEST
N.B. ALL TEMPERATURE FIGURES REDUCED TO AIR TEMP OF 0°C.
WATER TEMPERATURE RISE (DEGREES CENTIGRADE)
TIME (MINS.)
TOP CHART: 600 ENGINE R.P.M.
BOILING
BOTTOM CHART: 400 ENGINE R.P.M.
LEGEND:
PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) FAN
20/25 H.P. FAN
CHRYSLER FAN
NO FAN
CHRYSLER & 20/25 H.P. FANS FITTED WITH .50" CLEARANCE BETWEEN FAN BLADE & RADIATOR MATRIX. AT FANS NEAREST POINT TO RADIATOR.
  
  
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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