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Graph of Main-Brush Position Tests on a Goshawk Dynamo No. 288, plotting Ampere Output versus Dynamo R.P.M.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 50\5\  Scan178
Date  1st December 1936
  
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AMPERE OUTPUT
DYNAMO R.P.M.
MAIN-BRUSH POSITION TESTS
on
STANDARD RR GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) DYNAMO No 288.
Control brush adjusted to cut out, to give a final temperature of from 70°C to 74°C maximum on test.
Final ambient temperature 21°C.
CURVE & BRUSHES RETARDED
6 7/64" O
5 -4/64" O
4 -1/64" O
3 -5/64" O (Correctional)
Positions measured circumferentially on Burman from average neutral position
H {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} /A
1.12.36.
C.M.E
  
  
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