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Graph showing characteristic curves for the Goshawk automatic ignition advance governor.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 51\5\  Scan237
Date  12th March 1923 guessed
  
CHARACTERISTIC CURVES
OF RR GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) AUTOMATIC
IGNITION ADVANCE GOVERNOR

I. CURVE REQUIRED BY ENGINE.
II. NEAREST CURVE TO I OBTAINED BY CALCULATION.
III. ACTUAL CURVE OBTAINED WITH GOVERNOR.
LIMITS TO PERFORMANCE AS GIVEN IN SPECIFICATION.

CAM ADVANCE (DEGREES)
DISTRIBUTOR SPEED (RPM)

A.D. 852
  
  
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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