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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).
Calculations and diagram for the Goshawk Clutch.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 22\1\  Scan063
Date  16th January 1924 guessed
  
GOSHAWK CLUTCH
FOR RAPIDE WITH 44 PINS

TOTAL PRESS ON PLATE (12 lbs per pin) = 960 lbs
AREA OF FAN DISC = 31 □"

PRESS ON FAN DISC = 960/31 = 31 lbs/□" each)

FOOT PRESS TO JUST RELEASE CLUTCH

Press to just release clutch
= (960 x .75 x 2.25 x 2.75) / (2.9 x 2.5 x 14) = 44 lbs
  
  


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