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Performance data for a Scintilla Type AM6-A magneto with automatic advance.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 48\2\  Scan040
Date  30th January 1924
  
X.4187.

30.1.24.

X.4187 - SCINTILLA TYPE AM6-A MAGNETO. 26485
(AUTOMATIC ADVANCE)

We find this magneto to

Commence its automatic advance at 270 r.p.m.
(magneto speeds and advances throughout)

Attain an advance of 5° at 800 r.p.m.
" " " " 10° " 1160 "
" " " " 15° " 1600 "
" " " " 20° " 1900 "
" " " " 25° " 2250 "
" " " " 30° " 2750 "

and the maximum amount of 33° at 3300 r.p.m.

Hand advance = 20°
Automatic advance = 33°
Total advance = 53°

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E.T.C.
EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
  
  
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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