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).
Data sheet of radiator tests conducted at Brooklands with various radiator types and configurations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\3\ Scan319 | |
| Date | 14th May 1931 | |
| PRINT OFF. FILE WITH REPORT Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/R-8/KT.10/50/! RADIATOR TESTS BROOKLANDS 18EX 12/14/5/31 TABLE DATA: Column Headers: RADIATOR 60MPH ALL CLOSED: TOP, BOTTOM, AIR, CRITICAL ALL OUT ALL CLOSED: TOP, BOTTOM, AIR, CRITICAL ALL OUT VERT LOUVRES: TOP, BOTTOM, AIR, CRITICAL ALL OUT THREE SHUTTER/SIDES: TOP, BOTTOM, AIR, CRITICAL Row 1: LARGE HEXAGON 60MPH ALL CLOSED: 74, 65, 14, 40 ALL OUT ALL CLOSED: 82.5, 72.5, 14.5, 32 (Second reading: 82, -, -, 33) ALL OUT VERT LOUVRES: 73.5, 63.5, 14.5, 41 Row 2: SMALL HEXAGON 60MPH ALL CLOSED: 72.5, 64, 17, 44.5 ALL OUT ALL CLOSED: 78.5, 68.5, 17.5, 39 (Second reading: 79, 70, 17.5, 38.5) ALL OUT VERT LOUVRES: 72, 62, 17.5, 45.5 (Repeated test) ALL OUT THREE SHUTTER/SIDES: 76, 66.5, 17.5, 41.5 (Repeated test) TOWING TESTS 18EX TOWED 14EX Row 3: SMALL HEXAGON (Towing) ALL OUT VERT LOUVRES: 80, 68.5, 16.5, 36.5 ALL OUT THREE SHUTTER/SIDES: 83, 71.5, 15.5, 39.5 (at 30 MPH) Row 4: LARGE (Towing) ALL OUT VERT LOUVRES: 79, 67, 16.5, 37.5 ALL OUT THREE SHUTTER/SIDES: 82.5, 72.5, 16.5, 33.0 (at 45 MPH) Row 5: E81389 SQUARE (Towing) ALL OUT VERT LOUVRES: 86.5, 73, 18, 33.5 (at 30 MPH) Second test: 84, 73, 18, 34 (at 45 MPH) Row 6: DEMED ROUND (Towing) ALL OUT VERT LOUVRES: 90, 80, 16, 26 (at 30 MPH) Second test: 89, 79, 16, 27 (at 45 MPH) Third test: 93, 81.5, 14.5, 21.5 (at 30 MPH) Fourth test: 91, 80.5, 15.5, 24.5 (at 45 MPH) | ||