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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).
Two graphs showing main bearing loads versus crank angle for a Kestrel engine.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 138\1\  scan0013
Date  18th February 1932 guessed
  
CENTRE MAIN BEARING LOAD
555 HP AT 2500 RPM
500 HP AT 2250 RPM
lbs
CRANK ANGLE
REPEATS FOR 2ND 360°

HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 538
KESTREL

SAME INDICATOR DIAGRAM THRO' OUT
0° CRANK ANGLE WHEN
PLAIN ROD AT T)C

No 3 MAIN BEARING LOAD AT 2250 RPM
  
  


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