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).
The results of a Merlin crankshaft bending test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\1\ scan0072 | |
| Date | 29th September 1938 | |
| 29.9.38 MERLIN CRANKSHAFT BENDING TEST D 4475 (VCM 3250, RR D8) CRANKSHAFT DETAILS AVERAGE DEFLECTIONS (") OF JOURNALS FOR LOADS OF 200 LBS PER CRANKPIN APPLIED TO PAIRS OF CRANKPINS TABLE I First table, column headers: CRANKPINS ON WHICH LOAD IS APPLIED, JOURNAL, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Row 1: 3 & 4, 0144, 0264, 0323, 0277, 0151 Row 2: 2 & 5, 0097, 0163, 0184, 0168, 0103 Row 3: 1 & 6, 0028, 0042, 0048, 0045, 0029 DEFLECTIONS(") OF JOURNALS FOR VARYING LOADS APPLIED AT THE CENTRE JOURNAL IN THE DIRECTION OF THE EQUALISING LOAD TABLE II Second table, column headers: LOAD, JOURNAL, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Row 1: 200 LBS, 0061, 0114, 0128, 0109, 0063 Row 2: 300 LBS, 0095, 0169, 0192, 0166, 0095 Row 3: 350 LBS, 0108, 0196, 0224, 0194, 0109 Row 4: 373 LBS, 0115, 0208, 0240, 0208, 0115 BL 2211 SHEET 6 | ||