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Radiator tests at Brooklands for Chassis No. 22 G V.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 155\1\  scan0196
Date  31th March 1936
  
CHASSIS NO. 22 G V. {VIENNA}

Radiator Tests at Brooklands.

1. Header tank half full. Max. speed, full throttle. Air temperature 14°c.
Head wind on Railway Straight. Following wind past Vickers Shed.

WATER TEMP. IN ENGINE. WATER TEMP. IN RADIATOR. DIFFERENCE.
81°c. 75°c. 6°c.
87 80 7
88 80 8
82 75 7
85 80 5
85 78 7

Average. 84.6°c. 78°c

Mean difference 6.6°c

2. Header tank empty.(matrix just covered) Conditions as above. Mirror fitted to observe shutters.

WATER IN ENGINE. WATER IN RADIATOR DIFFERENCE SHUTTER POSITION.
76°c. 72°c. 4°c. Half open.
90 ¼ 80 10 Open.
83 75 8 Open.
79 71 8 Half open.
83 75 8 Half open.
85 80 5 Half open.
89 81 8 Open.
83 75 8 Open.
80 72 8 Half open.
81 75 7 ¾ open.
80 72 8 Half open.
82 77 5 Half open.
(Slow down) 82 75 8 Open.

Average. 83°c. 75.4°c. 7.6°c.

3. Same conditions as 2, but at reduced speed.

WATER IN ENGINE WATER IN RADIATOR DIFFERENCE SHUTTER POSITION.
75°c. 65°c 10°c. Closed. Half open.
79 70 9 Half open.
77 69 8 Half open.
(Speed increased) 86 80 6 Half open.
80 71 9 Half open.

Average 79.4°c. 71°c. 8.4°c.
  
  
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).


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