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Magneto specifications and potential improvements for a 20 HP engine.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\R\2December1927-February1928\  Scan052
Date  13th December 1927
  
EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 1/T13.12.27.
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Contd.

The present specified range for the 20 HP. magneto is 58°. If we could have this figure reduced to say 40°, then we think that a magneto with the short cobalt magnets, similar in appearance to the present 20 HP. type, but made inexpensively without a sleeve, would be a workable proposition and give the necessary low speed retard performance. To obtain equal performance without a sleeve and with the present range, as explained in EY4/H17.5.27, almost necessarily means utilisation of a horseshoe. type of magnet.

EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
  
  
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