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).
Test report detailing fuel tank levels, mileage, and gauge readings for a cranked unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\3\ Scan083 | |
| Date | 24th November 1928 | |
| 24/11/28. Cranked unit. 1"/16 hole in bell plate. Filled tank to brim of filler. Pressure balance out off at 14 (+) on gauge; having stood overnight at 3 on gauge. Approx. in tank. Mileage. Gauge. 14.5 562 14 (+) 572 13.5 13.4 582 (20) 13.0 586 12.75 586 0 592 .75 597 10.00 12.3 602 (40) 11.5 612 11.0 11.2 622 (60) 10.75 632 10.5 10.1 642 (80) 10.25 652 9.5 655 (93) 9.25 With 35 miles (2 gallons) of top of filler unit was 1/4 corrected, and in 40 miles was 1/2 corrected. Continued town and country running on this test to:- 737 (175) 5.1 Tank emptied 5.4 gallons. [Text written vertically on the left margin]: Dry roads; Bournemouth to Acton; gale rear quarters. | ||