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Outlining two potential methods for fitting a tachometer drive to the B60 engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 124\1\  scan0264
Date  27th November 1939
  
To. R.M.

TACHOMETER DRIVE ON B60

There was no point in fitting a tachometer because in the early days of the project it was said that the engine would not be run much above 4000 RPM.

I see two ways of applying the drive.

Ⓐ From the tail end of the dynamo with a reduction box this is not attractive owing to inaccuracies due to belt slip.

Ⓑ From the Camshaft by providing a spiral gear somewhere towards the rear of the engine driving a smaller spiral which
  
  
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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