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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).
Comparison table of weights and moments of inertia for B.60 and Flat 12 engine components.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 132\2\  scan0188
Date  26th October 1940 guessed
  
5.
APPENDIX

WEIGHTS.

B.60 Flat 12 (Ph.III size)

Piston, pin, rings. 1.58 lbs. 1.34 lbs.
Connecting rod -
Big end 1.12 lbs. Forked 2.0 Plain 1.27
little end .44 lbs. .8 .75

MOMENTS OF INERTIA.

B.60 Flat 12 (Ph.III size)

Reciprocating parts
at each crankpin. .0132 .0277lb.in sec.2

Rotating parts of
conn. rods. .0147 .0429 (fork + plain)

Crankpins (2" dia.) .0126 (2.25"dia) .019

Journals: front (2.75"dia) .00648 (2.75"dia) .00654

rear .0122 .00654

centre .00724 .00654

inter .00533 .00403

Crankshaft webs -
unbalanced .0181 .0273

Ph.III { (fully balanced - .085
(half balanced - .0528

B.60 - Integral ba-
lance weights .0441 -

Flywheel 4.7 lb.in sec2 5.7 lb. in sec2
  
  


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