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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).
Graph of wind speed versus car speed measured at various positions in front of a Bentley radiator with the bonnet off.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 87\1\  scan0127
Date  26th October 1934
  
FIG. 2
WIND SPEEDS IN FRONT OF BENTLEY RADIATOR - BONNET OFF
AIR SPEEDS TAKEN AT POSITIONS SHOWN
PITOT TUBE 5 1/2" IN FRONT OF MATRIX
TAKEN ON B.23.A.E.
SHUTTERS FULL OPEN.
A NEGATIVE WIND SPEED WAS RECORDED AT POSITION ②
WIND SPEED - M.P.H.
CAR SPEED M.P.H.
F.LL.S
26.X.34
  
  


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