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Dimensions and modifications for piston scraper rings on Kestrel and Peregrine engines.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 2\1\  B002_136 137-page09
Date  9th March 1933
  
X 136.

FILES.

9.3.33.

PISTON SCRAPER RINGS.

Dimensions of the perfect circle ring fitted to our various engines are as follows

(Diagram labels: A, B, C)

A. {Mr Adams} B. C.
Kestrel(Aero Engine) IB. .188 .085 .050
Kestrel(Aero Engine) IS .188 .125 .030
'B' .023
Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) .138 .080 .029

A further modification to both types of Kestrel(Aero Engine) rings that has improved the oil consumption is a .015" chamfer on the top edge.

(Diagram labels: .015" Chamfer, 45 deg.)

Test Bed consumption for Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine)

At 4000 r.p.m. 1 pt/hr.
At 4750 r.p.m. 1 1/4 pts/hr. = .0215 pts/BHP/Hr.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}
  
  
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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