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).
Performance test data for a 20 HP car on Ticknall Hill, recording times against varying ballast weights.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\2\ scan0110 | |
Date | 19th November 1926 guessed | |
K688 20 HP PERFORMANCE ON TICKNALL HILL TIME TAKEN FROM RAILINGS TO FIRST TREE AFTER GATE 20 HP. PERFORMANCE ON TICKNALL HILL. TIME TAKEN FROM RAILINGS TO FIRST TREE AFTER GATE TEST BODY 6 3/4 cwt. BALLAST CWT | PASSENGERS | TOTAL WEIGHT NO PASSENGERS CWT | MAX AT TOP. | MIN. | TIME M S 0 | 2 | 29 1/2 | 39 | 30 | 1 - 40 1/2 1 1/2 | 2 | 31 | 38 | 28 1/2 | 1 - 45 3 1/2 | 2 | 33 | 37 | 26 | 1 - 49 5 1/2 | 2 | 35 | 35 | 25 | 1 - 56 7 1/2 | 2 | 37 | 34 | 23 | 2 - 3 AHH | ||