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Test results for nine E.W.6 magnetos, detailing safety gap, tangential force, and lowest sparking speed.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 65\3\  scan0189
Date  8th February 1928
  
X9791
EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
SFT {Mr Swift} /JMW10/DB {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 8.2.28.

In reply to your memo EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 7/T.6.2.28., we have tested 9 - E.W.6. Magnetos with the following results.

Mag. No. Length of Safety Gap. Tangential Force. Lowest sparking speed. fully retarded.
105321 8.2 m.m. 2 lbs. 200 R.P.M.
105320 8.3 m.m. 2 lbs. 210 "
105317 8.2 m.m. 1 1/2 lbs. 230 "
105319 8.2 m.m. 1 1/2 lbs. 190 "
100100 8.2 m.m. 2 1/2 lbs. 200 "
105304 8.1 m.m. 2 lbs. 220 "
100099 8.3 m.m. 1 3/4 lbs. 190 "
105303 8.2 m.m. 3 lbs. 210 "
105301 8.1 m.m. 1 1/2 lbs. 200 "

SFT {Mr Swift} /JMW.
  
  
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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