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).
List of specifications for various endurance and performance test rigs and procedures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 155\3\ scan0104 | |
| Date | 22th December 1936 guessed | |
| -2- 2.B. Merlin & Hele-Shaw Endurance & Performance Tests. Specification as for 2.A. 3 HP. variable speed motor 1,750 P.R.P.M. 2.C. Blade Mechanism Test Rig. 1 off each for Merlin and Kestrel to test blades in conjunction with pump. 2.D. Hamilton Endurance and Performance Test. Specification as for 2.A. 3 HP. variable speed motor 1,750 P.R.P.M. GUN TURRET PUMPS. 3.A. Merlin Fraser Nash Performance and Endurance Tests. 5 HP. variable speed motor 2,000 P.R.P.M. Water cooled tank, capacity 5 gallons, temperature required to be as low as possible - max. 70°C. Provision for delivery tests - 6,000 pts./hr. at 300 lb./sq. in. 3.B. Kestrel Fraser Nash, Performance & Endurance Test Rigs. Specification as for 3.A. with 5 HP. variable speed motor and drive to give 7,000 P.R.P.M. UNDERCARRIAGE PUMPS. 4. Lockheed, Nash Thompson, etc. Performance & Endurance Tests. 5 HP. variable speed motor 3,250 P.R.P.M. Water cooled tank, capacity 5 gallons temperature required to be as low as possible - maximum 70°C. Provision for delivery tests, 1,000 pts./hr., 1,500 lb./sq. in. CYLINDERS. 5.A. Glycol Tests for all stages of cylinder manufacture, all types, including single cylinder units. - Existing. 5.B. Water Tests, cylinder flow and pressure tests - maximum available hot and cold water supply required. continued. | ||