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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).
Specifications for a sleeve magneto, detailing primary point gap and contact breaker timing angles.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 48\2\  Scan337
Date  23th November 1925 guessed
  
-2- Contd.

(4) Primary point gap :- .012"

Sleeve and contact breaker timing.:-

Sleeve advance angle :- +30°

Sleeve retard " : - 33°

Contact breaker angles in relation to sleeve:-

    Make.    Break.
    -96°    61°
    84°    240°
Av.    -96°    60.5°

Range :- 63°

Make ratio :- .87

(Special page for sleeve magneto with no automatic advance).
  
  


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