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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).
Performance graph showing carburetor depression vs. mass flow rate at various drive shaft RPMs.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 179b\3\  img363
Date  6th April 1933
  
FIGURES ON CURVES REPRESENT
DRIVE SHAFT R.P.M.
GEAR RATIO - 150 : 17

TABLE:
SHAFT R.P.M. | ROTOR R.P.M. | ROTOR TIP SPEED FT./SEC.
2250 | 19850 | 756
2500 | 22050 | 818
2600 | 22940 | 850.5
2750 | 24270 | 900
3000 | 26480 | 981.5
3250 | 28680 | 1063.5
3500 | 30880 | 1145

GRAPH:
Y-AXIS: [ LBS PER MINUTE ]
X-AXIS: RATED CARB DEPRESSION
CURVES: 2250, 2500
  
  


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