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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).
Dynamo brush setting diagrams for Goshawk and E.A.C. engines, detailing positive and negative rotation settings.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\L\2Jan1924-March1924\  Scan76
Date  11th December 1923
  
DYNAMO BRUSH SETTING DIAGRAMS

GOSHAWK
(POSITIVE ROTATION)

PRODUCTION 58°
GENL TEST 62°

N
9° RETARD
+16.4°
12.4°
122° PRODUCTION.
118° GENL TEST.
S
S 16.4°
F 10.9°
N

VIEWS
FROM
COMMUTATOR
END.

IN THESE DIAGRAMS THE MAIN AXES OF REFERENCE ARE THE NEUTRAL AXES OF COMMUTATION IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY ARMATURE REACTION.
THE MAIN BRUSH AXES ARE ARRANGED IN THE DESIGN OF THE MACHINE TO COINCIDE WITH THE POLAR AXES.

E.A.C.
(NEGATIVE ROTATION)

N
11° RETARD
65°
-19.5°
12.4°
S
+19.5°
115°
F 14.3°
N

ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED
PRINT ROOM
13 MAR 192?
DERBY

E.F.C.
11/12/23.
  
  


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