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).
Blueprint showing diagrams for a Merlin crankshaft bending test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\1\ scan0075 | |
| Date | 29th September 1938 | |
| MERLIN CRANKSHAFT BENDING TEST CRANKSHAFT DETAILS D 4475 (VCM 3250, RR D8) 29.9.38 1&6 2&5 3&4 No 2 JOURNAL No 3 JOURNAL No 4 JOURNAL 30° ab = .024" FOR LOAD OF 200 LBS/C'PIN SCALE 1" TO .010" No 5 JOURNAL No 6 JOURNAL BL 2211 SHEET 2 DEFLECTIONS AT JOURNALS FOR LOADS OF 200 LBS ON ALL CRANKPINS WITHOUT EQUALISING LOAD | ||