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).
Test report detailing starter motor performance on the 'Blue Bensport'.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 62\1\ scan0201 | |
| Date | 15th November 1933 | |
| 86134 15.11.33. STARTER MOTOR TESTS ON BLUE BENSPORT. Battery Exide 11 plate fully charged. Starter Motor R.R.Sch.399 Main cable 61/.036 Resistance .0001465 ohms per point at 19°C. -------------------- O.C.Battery volts. 12.3 Current 300 amps. Battery volts. 6.0 Motor volts 5.5 Motor speed (from curves) 220 R.P.M. Motor Torque 95 lb ins. Temperature of engine 7°C. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||