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).
Index page listing drawings and tests related to engine oil pressure, consumption, bearings, and temperatures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\1\ scan0077 | |
| Date | 8th February 1933 guessed | |
| -7- oil pressure should not be greatly exceeded with whitemetal bearings. ----- DRAWINGS. V.1513. Dry sump method of test. No.Pr.39. Oil Consumption Curve. No.951. Falcon. Heat to oil, reduction when heat is kept off the pistons. No.952. Whitemetal bearing temps. No.953. Centre bearing temps. No.954. Oil temp. tests on road. No.955. Photograph of spray in oil sump. No.956. Oil consumption with flow through bearings. No.957. Heat generated by work done on oil by Peregrine oil pump. No.958. Peregrine oil temperatures on the road. No.960. Improvement in bottom half cooling due to turbulence, also Potts cooler characteristics under increasing flow. ----- HM{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/SA. | ||