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Graph of road speed against engine RPM for the Goshawk II & III gear ratios.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 6\4\  04-page034
Date  27th January 1925 guessed
  
GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II & III GEAR RATIOS.
ROAD SPEED FOR ENGINE R.P.M.
______ GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) III 4 SPEED BOX.
_ _ _ _ _ GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II 3 SPEED BOX.
THESE CURVES ARE FOR 11/50 AXLE RATIO.
AND THE FOLLOWING, GEAR BOX RATIOS:-
G.III.
1 ST 3.73
2.ND. 2.33
3.RD 1.51
TOP 1.00
REVERSE. 3.20
G.II
1ST 3.17
2.ND. 1.63
TOP 1.00.
REVERSE 4.30.
EFFECTIVE WHEEL DIA. IS. 31.4"
MILES PER HOUR
M.P.H. ON REVERSE.
ENG. R.P.M.
TOP GEAR, BOTH BOXES
3.RD SPEED G.III
2.ND SPEED. G.II
2.ND SPEED G.III
1.ST SPEED G.II
1.ST SPEED G.III
REVERSE. G.II
REVERSE. G.III
  
  
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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