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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 log for a B-1 unit crankcase, detailing running hours, dates, test outcomes and failures.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 132\3\  scan0034
Date  10th August 1935
  
x216 10.8.35.
B-1 Unit - Crankcase fitted 27.10.33.
Time Full Throttle | Total Hrs. mins. | Date | Test Bed or Chassis
| 29,908 mls. | 2.11.33. | Chassis 3-B-IV.
| | 20.4.35. | " " Rem.
17 hrs. 15 mins. | 32 5 | 24.4.35. | Test Bed No.5 Piston endurance.
| | 4.6.35. | (Removed).
10 hrs. 15 mins. | 21 0 | 15.7.35. | Endurance, lead bronze big end and main bearings
| | 18.7.35. | (Rem:) Crankcase cracked.
Total F.T. | Total
27. hrs. 30 mins. | 53 5 | 18.7.35. | 29,908 miles on the road.
  
  


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