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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).
Graph showing test results for water-heated air intakes on a Fairey 3.F with a modified supercharged Kestrel engine during a climb.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 179\2\  img127
Date  5th January 1932
  
TESTS WITH WATER HEATED AIR INTAKES OF FAIREY 3.F. MOD. SUPERCHARGED KESTREL
CLIMB. AT 90. A.S.I.V.
2200 R.P.M. FALLING TO 2140 AT 18000 FT.

Left Y-Axis: AIR TEMP. STRUT THERMOMETER °C
Right Y-Axis: WATER TEMP. & AIR UNDER COWLING °C
X-Axis: ALTITUDE. FT.

Graph Data Labels:
WATER TEMP.
WATER FROM CASE JACKET
AIR UNDER COWLING
AIR TEMP. (STRUT)

Stamp: DERBY
Initials: ACH
  
  


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