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).
Braking tests with hot brakes, dynamo output figures, and notes on Engine Unit CXIII.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0097 | |
| Date | 9th April 1933 guessed | |
| - 4 - The braking tests with the brakes hot are as follows: Stopping distance in feet to rest. M.P.H. FEET 30 36 40 63 50 102 60 160 70 246 80 357 - - - - - - - - D Y N A M O O U T P U T M.P.H. REVS. Lamps on H.S.T. S.T. Coil only 10 500 -16 -4 -2 16 750 -5 5 20 900 -4 10 4 30 1350 -3 11 8 40 1750 -4 10 9 50 2250 -5 10 8 60 2700 -5 9 8 70 3150 -6 8 8 80 3600 -8 8 7 Dynamo cuts in at 16 M.P.H. 60 Watt head lamp 4 Watt side and tail used. - - - - - - - - ENGINE UNIT CXIII The engine was dismantled when it arrived here after Mr. Bentley's trip owing to the failure of the pistons. The power and acceleration has remained good during the mileage run here. The engine was free from any marked periods up to a mileage of 9000. A period then developed at 2350 revs. It | ||