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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 fuel flow versus altitude for an S.U. carburetter with a fixed throttle.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 31\5\  Scan284
Date  10th December 1934
  
S.U. CARBURETTER
CURVE 2
ALTITUDE CONNECTION WITH FIXED THROTTLE
CURVE SHEWING THE FUEL FLOW WITH NO CORRECTION &
THE FLOW REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN CORRECT MIXTURE AT
ALTITUDE. THE NEEDLE H.S. 1555 SHEWS A CURVE
WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY CORRECT UP TO 18000 WEIGHT
THROTTLE FIXED AT 450 B.H.P. 2200 R.P.M. ON GROUND
LEVEL
FUEL FLOW PTS/HR
HEIGHT IN FEET
FUEL FLOW NO CORRECTION
ACTUAL FUEL FLOW HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1555 NEEDLE
REQUIRED FUEL FLOW
GHF. 10.12.34
  
  


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