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Diagram of typical wave forms for Vulture engine ignition and distributor vibration.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 142\1\  scan0281
Date  31th October 1938
  
TYPICAL WAVE FORMS VULTURE(Experimental 6 CYL OHV LONG STROKE / Aero Engine) IGNITION
V.M.2
APPROX. VERTICAL SCALE 100/1
CURVE A
5TH ORDER ONLY
PURE SINE WAVE
1 REV
CURVE B
1ST ORDER AND 6TH ORDER. EQUAL AMPLITUDES
(VULTURE(Experimental 6 CYL OHV LONG STROKE / Aero Engine) II N.o 2 VERTICAL VIBRATION OF DISTRIBUTOR)
1 REV
CURVE C
5TH ORDER MODULATED
(VULTURE(Experimental 6 CYL OHV LONG STROKE / Aero Engine) II N.o 2 TRANSVERSE VIBRATION OF DISTRIBUTOR)
1 REV
CURVE D
COMPLEX 2ND ORDER VIBRATION
(LATERAL VIBRATION ON A DISTRIBUTOR L.C. EXE(Aero Engine). STAR. UNIT.)
2 REVS
SGL 31.10.38.
  
  
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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