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Graph detailing alternative gun installations for a Spitfire aircraft.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 176\1\  img030
Date  17th July 1940 guessed
  
ALTERNATIVE GUN INSTALLATION FOR SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT
Based on Weight of existing 8 - .303 Browning Guns + 300 Rounds per gun).

Curve Labels:
Energy per Second.
Total Available Energy
Energy per Round
No. of Guns.
Rounds of Ammunition

Axis Labels (Right Side):
No. of Guns.
Rounds of Ammunition
Muzzle Energy per round
Muzzle Energy per second
Total Avail. Energy ft. lbs

Horizontal Axis Scale (No. of Guns):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Vertical Axis Scales:
(Rounds of Ammunition): 300, 600, 900, 1200, 1500, 1800, 2100, 2400
(Muzzle Energy per round): 2,000, 4,000, 6,000, 8,000, 10,000, 12,000, 14,000, 16,000
(Muzzle Energy per second): 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, 40,000
(Total Avail. Energy ft. lbs): 200,000, 400,000, 600,000, 800,000, 1,000,000, 1,200,000, 1,400,000, 1,600,000
  
  
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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