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).
Graphs showing radiator temperature performance during hill climb tests at Cat and Fiddle Hill.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 24\4\ Scan254 | |
| Date | 16th September 1924 | |
| RADIATOR TESTS CAT AND FIDDLE HILL OVER-HEATING REDUCED BY CLIMBING ON INDIRECT GEARS Graph A: CONSTANT ROAD SPEED FAN SPEED VARIED. TOP RADIATOR TEMPS. MEAN AIR TEMP 14°C SPEED 25 M.P.H. DIRECT DRIVE FAN R.P.M. 1040 2ND SPEED FAN R.P.M. 2320 3RD SPEED FAN R.P.M. 1850 Graph B: CONSTANT ROAD SPEED. FAN SPEED VARIED. TOP RADIATOR TEMPS. MEAN AIR TEMP 14°C. SPEED 20 M.P.H. 3RD SPEED. 2ND SPEED. Graph C: CONSTANT FAN SPEED. ROAD SPEED VARIED TOP RADIATOR TEMPS. MEAN AIR TEMP 13°C. FAN R.P.M. 1550 3RD SPEED 30 M.P.H. 2ND SPEED 20 M.P.H. 1ST SPEED 13 M.P.H. AXIS LABELS: TEMPERATURE °C RADIATOR DISTANCE CLIMBED MILES. | ||