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Goshawk 11 wheels including weight, tyre specifications, pressure, and revolutions per mile.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 107\4\  scan0045
Date  28th June 1923
  
X4538

28.6.23.

X4538
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X3599

DETAILS OF GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. WHEELS.

(Weight of Whitworth wire wheel = 26.5 lbs.)

Wt. of 820 X 120 beaded edge
cord tread tyres - = 30¼ lbs.

Effective tyre dia. inflation
pressure - = 40/45 lbs.per sq.in =
31.4"

Revolutions per mile - = 642.5

1 rev. dynamometer drum - = 1.5286 revs.of wheel.

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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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