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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).
Summary of radiator test results conducted at Brooklands.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 155\1\  scan0241
Date  3rd July 1936 guessed
  
RESULTS OF RADIATOR TESTS AT BROOKLANDS.

| Object of Test | Conditions of Test | Critical Air Temp. | Temp of air leaving radiator core. (Average air. temp. for day = 19°C). |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Mark V & Mark VI matrix comparison. | (1) Mark VI Matrix standard fan, flip-flap bonnet - flaps open. 40 M.P.H. full throttle. | 26.5°C. | 61.0°C. |
| | (2) Mark V Matrix, standard fan, flip-flap bonnet, flip-flaps open. 40 M.P.H. full throttle. | 20.0°C. | 58.5°C. |
| Plain & Louvred bonnet comparisons. | (3) Standard Mark V matrix, standard fan, Louvred Bonnet - 40 M.P.H. full throttle. | 23.0°C. | 61.0°C. |
| With (1) - Speed comparisons. | (4) Mark VI Matrix, standard fan, "Flip-flap" bonnet - flip-flaps open. 30 M.P.H. full throttle. | 27.0°C. | 63.0°C. |
| | (5) Mark VI Matrix standard fan. As (4) but 50 M.P.H. full throttle. | 25.0°C. | 58.0°C. |
| Fan Comparisons. | (6) As (1) but no fan. | 20.0°C. | 66.0°C. |
| | (7) As (1). | 26.5°C. | 61.0°C. |
| | (8) As (1) but .012" blade flexible fan. | 24.5°C. | 61.0°C. |
| | (9) As (1) but .014" blade flexible fan. | 24.0°C. | 62.0°C. |
  
  


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