Reliability of wind tunnel test results for a streamlined Bentley car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161\1\ scan0043 | |
| Date | 7th November 1933 | |
| COPY To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to C. c. to L. c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} STREAMLINEExperimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.ED BENTLEY CAR. We think the results obtained on the StreamlineExperimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.Ed Bentley justify the wind tunnel tests and show that the results obtained are reliable. Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} in his memo EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 7/KT.3.8.33 made the following statement:- "By the proportionate comparison of data and facts, knowing that the standard saloon, with 92.5 HP. at the road wheels at 4150 R.P.M. will lap at 86.5 M.P.H. and show a genuine 93 M.P.H. on the road, we can expect this small and revised bodied car to lap at 95 M.P.H. and show a genuine 103 MPH. on the road." We have exactly reproduced the results anticipated. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).