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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 of fuel consumption loops for a Kestrel modified supercharged engine at 2250 RPM.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 179\2\  img137
Date  12th December 1931
  
KESTREL MOD. SUPERCHARGED ENGINES
CURVE 270 F
CONSUMPTION LOOPS AT 2250 R.P.M.
ENGINE:- K-II MS. EXP. E WITH INDUCTION PIPE E.32229
AND TWO REDISTRIBUTORS IN INDN. PIPE
LODGE A.R. PLUGS
FUELS USED:- I AT 90% DTD 134 II AT F.T:- DTD 134 + 3cc TEL
BAR. 771 m/m
AIR 5°C
STANDARD SIDE-BY-SIDE MANIFOLD
REDISTRIBUTOR
PINTS / B.H.P. / HOUR
BRAKE HORSE POWER (ACTUAL)
AT 90% OF 525 BHP
MAX POWER .545 PTS/HP/HR
W.M. .510 PTS/HP/HR
AT F.T.
MAX POWER .540 PTS/HP/HR
W.M. .520 PTS/HP/HR
O.P.
12-12-31
  
  


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