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).
Tests carried out on fans and a Vulture radiator at Brooklands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\7\ Scan059 | |
| Date | 3rd July 1934 | |
| X7220 To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.14/KW.3.7.34. Report on Tests Carried out on Fans and Radiator (Vulture) at Brooklands 26.6.34. The parts tested were a Vulture radiator and three different fans, the radiator being tested on the Vulture car (29-EX) and the fans on a standard Phantom II car, 22-EX. RADIATOR. This is a Harrison Vee bonded matrix radiator, 84 m.m. thick, to LOP. E.84492, LeC.3708-3718, matrix E.84478. FANS. The fans tested were :- (1) A standard Ph.II fan. (2) A staggered bladed fan to LeC.3766. (3) An American type of variable pitch fan, modified to fit our Ph.II car. RESULTS. These are given in a summarised form below - however, they represent the average of seven or eight readings for each test. In accordance with our usual practice, all water temps. given are actual temperatures less the air temp. recorded during test. Attached are two diagrams showing corresponding air temperatures to boil. | ||