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).
Page 2 of a report detailing an engine test procedure which resulted in a seizure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 116\1\ scan0058 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1938 guessed | |
| - 2 - light load, finishing with 5-minutes at full load at 3000 r.p.m. The bearing was then stripped for examination, and after being rebuilt was given 1/2 an hr. warming up at 1500 r.p.m. under light load conditions. The engine speed was then increased to 3000 r.p.m., full load was applied, and after 1/4-hr under these conditions, seizure took place. ENC: Photos to follow from Testbook | ||