Graph showing fuel flow versus altitude for an S.U. carburetter with a fixed throttle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 31\5\ Scan284 | |
| Date | 10th December 1934 | |
| S.U. CARBURETTER CURVE 2 ALTITUDE CONNECTION WITH FIXED THROTTLE CURVE SHEWING THE FUEL FLOW WITH NO CORRECTION & THE FLOW REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN CORRECT MIXTURE AT ALTITUDE. THE NEEDLE H.S. 1555 SHEWS A CURVE WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY CORRECT UP TO 18000 WEIGHT THROTTLE FIXED AT 450 B.H.P. 2200 R.P.M. ON GROUND LEVEL FUEL FLOW PTS/HR HEIGHT IN FEET FUEL FLOW NO CORRECTION ACTUAL FUEL FLOW HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1555 NEEDLE REQUIRED FUEL FLOW GHF. 10.12.34 | ||
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).