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Page of calculations for power delivery, tractive resistance, and hill climbing for 40/50 HP and 20 HP models.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 113\2\  scan0041
Date  2nd July 1923 guessed
  
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Power delivered to rear wheels allowing for rear tyre losses and transmission losses :-

40/50 HP. = 54.8 X gear ratio.
20 HP. = 37.71 X " "

Allowing 50 lbs. per ton as an average tractive resistance for a good surface and assuming that the rear tyres which we have taken into account are responsible for 20 lbs. per ton.

Power available for hill climbing :-

40/50 = (54.8 X gear ratio) 30 lbs.per ton.
20 HP. = (37.71 X " " ) 30 lbs.per ton.

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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).


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