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).
Photographs of B-16 Unit big end and main bearings after endurance testing.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\4\ scan0160 | |
Date | 21th September 1935 guessed | |
LOWER HALVES UPPER HALVES <- 1 to 7 -> A1 <- 1 to 6 -> B-16 Unit. 6.8:1 comp.ratio big Ends:- 70/30 alloy RR. lead bronze, centri-cast, after 50 hrs. at 4,000 rpm Main Bearings white metal, after 50 hrs. at 4,000 rpm. inter. brgs. 2nd set, after 30 hrs. at 4,000 r.p.m. | ||