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).
Request for a list of tests for a new chassis, with a handwritten response outlining three specific tests.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\2\ scan0071 | |
Date | 19th November 1938 | |
URGENT. Will you please fill in on this sheet what tests you consider a new chassis should go through before going onto production, i.e. on the road, on the dynamometer and other test apparatus, with special regard to the sections you are responsible for. Royer. ① Cold starting in refrigerator. ② Constant speed & general consumption tests on road. ③ Performance tests on the road & starting when hot; Idling, acceleration & max. speed. | ||