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).
Graph plotting the loss of power over time under various engine test conditions.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\3\ img226 | |
Date | 21th September 1932 guessed | |
B.M.E.P. (LBS/D") TIME FROM ENGINE BEING PUT ON FULL LOAD (MINS) TESTS ON LOSS OF POWER WITH TIME. COPPER TUBE FITTED IN INJECTOR POCKET. STD CONDITIONS. TEST N° 3a. PERSIAN GAS OIL. LEAKAGE PAST PUMP PLUNGER TEST N° 3b. PERSIAN GAS OIL. FUEL LINE PRESSURE INDICATING VALVE AT PUMP END LEAKING. NEW R.R. PUMP ELEMENT. TEST N° 3c. PERSIAN GAS OIL. BOSCH NOZZLE PREVIOUSLY USED IN TESTS 3a & 3b. TEST N° 3d. PERSIAN GAS OIL. NEW R.R. BOSCH NOZZLE (BALL - RACE STEEL BODY K.E.8 NEEDLE.) WATER IN FUEL ERRATIC EXHAUST B.M.E.P. Test 3b Test 3d Test 3c | ||