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Water temperature and velocity test results for a 3-Goshawk-11 engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 77\4\  scan0286
Date  30th October 1922
  
V4240
30.10.22.
3-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11.
WATER TEMPERATURE.
18" Fan - full throttle - all shutters closed.

Speedometer reading (top)

3rd. Gear. 20 m.p.h. Atmos: Water.
Start: 8½°C 60°C
63 "
65 "
67½
Finish: 6 " 69 "

2nd. Gear. 10 m.p.h. Atmos: Water.
Start: 8°C 60°C
65½
69
70
Finish: 5 " 73 "

1st. gear. 6 m.p.h. Atmos: Water
Start: 7°C 60°C
72 "
78½
80 "
Finish: 4 " 82 "

Velocity Tests.
Positions.
1 | 610 | 360 | 510
2 | 1300 | 980 | 760
3 | 1120 | 870 | 680
4 | 1360 | 920 | 670
5 | 1080 | 740 | 480

DICTATION
  
  
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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