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Test data for power required to drive a Goshawk radiator fan under various circumstances.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\3\  scan0226
Date  22th January 1925
  
POWER REQUIRED TO DRIVE RADIATOR FAN IN VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
Test No. A. {Mr Adams} 26
Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))
Circumstances:- No 22 fan repeated
Date.
Motor Field Current (amps.).
Motor Speed.
Fan Speed. S.
Ratio.
Volts across motor brushes.
Motor armature current.
Volts across motor brushes light.
Motor armature current light.
Thrust (lbs).
'91
22-1-25, 1.472, 610, 1400, 2.29, 87.77, 6.45, 85.73, 2.02, 3.650
22-1-25, 1.472, 785, 1800, 2.29, 112.33, 8.20, 107.93, 2.05, 5.600
22-1-25, 1.500, 960, 2200, 2.29, 138.62, 10.80, 135.04, 2.16, 7.750
, , 611, 1400, 2.29, 88.69, 6.70, 86.34, 2.10, 3.300
, , 875, 2000, 2.29, 130.64, 9.40, 122.46, 2.05, 6.650
, , 960, 2200, 2.29, 138.62, 11.20, 133.71, 2.11, 8.200
  
  
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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