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Test data sheet recording observations from a starter motor brake test.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 64\1\  scan0276
Date  27th July 1928
  
STARTER MOTOR TESTS.
G2. G.2
FORM I. BRAKE TEST. (OBSERVATIONS).
Date:- 27-VII-28
Motor under test:- Starter G2 Sequence
Dia. of brake wheel:- 24"
Weight of pan and portion of rope 5 lbs. 0 ozs.
Reduction of epicyclic gear ratio:- 3.097 : 1

Load in pan (W) (lbs.)
Spring balance reading (S) lbs. ozs.
Motor armature speed R.P.M.
Amperes (C)
Terml. Volts. (E)
W-S (lbs)
T-t (lbs)
Brake torque (lb.ins)
Equivalent torque at motor armature speed. (pound inches) (Tr {Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance} )
Remarks.

35 | 6 8 | 15 | 256 | 6.88 | 28.5 | 33.5 | 402 | 129.8
30 | 2 8 | 70 | 248 | 7.04 | 27.5 | 32.5 | 390 | 125.9
25 | 2 0 | 225 | 220 | 7.60 | 23.0 | 28.0 | 336 | 108.4
20 | 2 0 | 475 | 192 | 8.16 | 18.0 | 23.0 | 276 | 89.10
15 | 2 0 | 690 | 164 | 8.72 | 13.0 | 18.0 | 216 | 69.70
12 | 1 6 | 835 | 148 | 9.04 | 10.625 | 15.625 | 187.5 | 60.50
10 | 1 5 | 935 | 134 | 9.32 | 8.69 | 13.69 | 164.1 | 53.00
8 | 1 0 | 1055 | 123 | 9.54 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 144 | 46.50

20.4.27.
Brush position 2° advanced.
  
  
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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