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Graph showing a consumption loop at rated boost for a Kestrel supercharged engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 179\2\  img073
Date  14th December 1931
  
KESTREL(Aero Engine)" SUPERCHARGED ENGINES
CURVE 269'F'
CONSUMPTION LOOP AT RATED BOOST (2250 R.P.M.)
ENGINE - K-IIS-27 WITH 6/1 C.R PISTONS + 28-82' HG ABS
FUELS - I D.T.D. 134 (75/25 AVIATN/BENZOLE)
II ANGLO-PERSIAN + 3.2 CCS T.E.L./GALL
LODGE A.2 PLUGS
BAR 763 M {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /M AIR 19.5°C
Y-AXIS: PINTS/B.H.P./HOUR
X-AXIS: BRAKE HORSE POWER (ACTUAL)
CURVES: ANGLO-PERSIAN, D.T.D. 134
DATA POINTS:
MAX. POWER 609 B.H.P.
W.M. POWER 577 B.H.P.
MAX. POWER .563 Pts/BHP/HR
W.M. POWER .540 Pts/BHP/HR
STAMP: G.P. 14-12-31
  
  
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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