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Graph showing the automatic cam advance curve versus speed for a Scintilla AG6-H magneto.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 48\2\  Scan028
Date  23th January 1929 guessed
  
AUTOMATIC ADVANCE OF CAM WITH SPEED
ON SCINTILLA MAGNETO
TYPE AG6-H
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TABLE:
AUTOMATIC RANGE " 32.5°, 22° ON ENGINE
HAND RANGE " 17.5°, 11.5° " "
TOTAL = 50°, 33.5° " "

Y-AXIS:
CAM ADVANCE (DEGREES)
Scale Columns (left to right):
Distributor: 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0
Engine: 28, 24, 20, 16, 12, 8, 4, 0
Magneto Armature: 42, 36, 30, 24, 18, 12, 6, 0

X-AXIS:
DISTRIBUTOR SPEED (RPM)
Scale Rows (top to bottom):
Magneto Armature Speed: 0, 300, 600, 900, 1200, 1500, 1800, 2100, 2400, 2700, 3000, 3300, 3600, 3900, 4200, 4500
Engine Speed: 0, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1400, 1600, 1800, 2000, 2200, 2400, 2600, 2800, 3000
Distributor Speed: 0, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600

GRAPH ANNOTATIONS:
R.R. COBHAWK(Aero Engine) DISTRIBUTOR
MAGNETO

OTHER:
X.4187
  
  
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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