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Calculation sheet detailing the fan speed of the Goshawk engine at a specific road speed.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\3\  scan0039
Date  5th February 1925
  
EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} X.1017. 5.2.25.

GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) FAN SPEED.

Engine speed 60 m.p.h. = 2,920 r.p.m.

Ratio of engine pulley to fan pulley = 1 : 1.316.

... Fan speed at 60 m.p.h. = 3,840 r.p.m.

(Assuming 11/50 axle ratio and effective tyre diameter of 31.4".)

HEW.
  
  
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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