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Water temperature test results for the Goshawk 11 engine under various cooling configurations and speeds.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 77\4\  scan0284
Date  26th October 1922
  
GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. TEMPERATURE TESTS (WATER). 26.10.22.

On Swinscoe Hill - Asbourne Leek Road.
Speed 20 m.p.h. to 14 m.p.h.

| No Fan - all closed. cowling off. | 18" Fan - all closed. cowling off. | 18" Fan - all closed. cowling on. |
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| | Atmos: | water. | Atmos: | water. | Atmos. | water. |
| start | 13°C | 60°C | 13½°C | 60°C | 13°C | 60°C |
| mov- | | 66°C | | 65°C | | 65°C |
| ing half | 13°C | 73°C | 13°C | 71°C | 12°C | 69°C |
| way | | 78°C | | 75°C | | 72½°C |
| Top. | 12½°C | 81°C | 12½°C | 76½°C | 12°C | 74½°C |

| 16" Fan. all closed. cowling off. | 16" Fan - all closed. cowling on. |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| | Atmos. | water. | Atmos. | water. |
| Start | 13°C | 60°C | 13°C | 60°C |
| mov- | | 66°C | | 66°C |
| ing half | 12°C | 71°C | 11½°C | 71°C |
| way. | | 75°C | | 75°C |
| Top. | 11°C | 77°C | 11°C | 77½°C |

| 18" Fan - cowling off. | Front shutters open. rear " closed. |
| All shutters open. | |
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| | Atmos. | water. | Atmos. | water. |
| Starte | 13°C | 60°C | 13°C | 60°C |
| Mov- | | 64°C | | 65°C |
| ing half | 12°C | 68°C | 12°C | 69°C |
| way. | | 70°C | | 72°C |
| Top. | 11°C | 71°C | 11°C | 73°C |

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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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