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The chassis gear ratios for the Goshawk II & III models.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 57\1\  Scan073
Date  12th February 1925
  
X5770
12.2.25.

GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II & III CHASSIS GEAR RATIOS, ETC.

The two back axle ratios are now :-
11/50 12/50.

giving ratios of :-
1: 4.545
1: 4.167

Taking the low back axle ratio, namely, 1 : 4.545, the miles per hour at 1000 r.p.m. of the engine are :-

Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) III.
Reverse 4.8 These correspond Reverse 6.4
1st. 6.5 to an effective 1st. 5.5
2nd. 12.6 tyre dia. of 31.4". 2nd. 8.8
3rd. 20.6 (Exact 20.56) 3rd. 13.55
4th. 20.6

With the same low axle ratio, the following table gives the engine revs. and dynamo revs. for various speeds in miles per hour :-

M.P.H. | Gos.III 1st. | Gos.II 1st. | Gos.III 2nd. | Gos.II 2nd. | Gos.III 3rd. | Gos.II & III 3rd. | 4th. | Dynamo revs. on top gear.
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10 | 1820 | 1545 | 1136 | 793 | 739 | 487 | - | 730
12 | 2180 | 1850 | 1364 | 950 | 886 | 584 | - | 876
15 | 2730 | 2315 | 1705 | 1189 | 1106 | 730 | - | 1095
20 | - | 3090 | 2272 | 1585 | 1475 | 973 | - | 1460
25 | - | - | 2845 | 1984 | 1847 | 1217 | - | 1825
30 | - | - | - | 2380 | 2215 | 1460 | - | 2190
40 | - | - | - | 3170 | 2950 | 1946 | - | 2919
50 | - | - | - | - | - | 2433 | - | 3649

EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
  
  
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).


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