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Test results for Damper Governor Control, detailing pressure time lag using Lockheed fluid.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 56\1\  Scan256
Date  30th December 1932
  
DAMPER GOVERNOR CONTROL.

N.S. 3468/3593.

30.12.32.

Pressure - Time Lag between Governor Pump and Damper using "Lockheed" Fluid and 1/4" diameter 12 ft. pipe line.

| Pump Speed R.P.M. | Pump Press. lbs/sq.in. | Damper Press. lbs/sq.in. | Time to build up Press -Secs |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| | | | Pump Press from zero | Damper Press from zero | Pump to Damper. |
| 128 | 2 1/2 to 3 | 2 1/4 | 2 secs | 4 secs | 2 secs |
| 256 | 11 to 13 | 11 1/4 | 2 secs | 4 secs | 2 secs |
| 342 | 15 to 19 | 17 | 3 secs | 5 secs | 2 secs |

Time to pump "Lockheed" through 1/4" dia., 12 ft. pipe line - from dry - at 200 R.P.M. = 18 secs.

N.B.
This governor had the lengthened piston - N.S.3592. From the above results, this apparently had no effect upon the pressure fluctuations.
  
  
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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