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Blueprint for a proposed lightened flywheel design.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 5\6\  06-page034
Date  10th December 1927
  
RR PHONE 362 363.364. DERBY & R.R.LTD.
2 prints to Engine Dept 13.12.27.
OPERATION
MACHINE
TOOL
TOOL N°

TABLE:
A | B | C
WEIGHT | 40.51 | 9.937 | 15.36
RADIUS OF GYRATION INS. | 6.656 | 6.084 | 5.59
POLAR MOMENT OF INERTIA lb.ins^2 | 179.4 | 366.4 | 478.8

STAMP: EXP'L ONLY

DIMENSIONS & NOTES:
13.000 DIA. +10 -10
Tap: .375 or .4375 and fit special studs.
13.100 DIA. +10 -10
Fit locknut + rivet over
9.250 DIA. +10 -10
14.000 DIA. +10 -10
.675 +0 -1
1.300 +10 -0
.250 R. {Sir Henry Royce}
.125 RAD. +10 -10
.250 RAD. +10 -10
60°
.375 RAD
See memo R2/M25-1127

TITLE BLOCK:
PLACE ALL COPIES TO
WORKS: PATT.
T.O.: FORGE
D.O.: S.R.
B.D.: R. {Sir Henry Royce}
R.D.: AMERICA
COST.
DRAWN
TRACED
CHECKED
APPROVED
LIMITS O.K.
DATE: 10.12.27.
SCALE:
HEAT TREAT:
BRINELL:
MACHINE ALL OVER OR WHERE MARKED THUS
STANTON.
MATERIAL:
SPEC. N°
TITLE: Proposed Lightened Flywheel.
G51212
LIGHTENED.
  
  
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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