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Comparison of performance between a standard front expansion chamber and the Hs.1585 model.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 86\3\  scan0079
Date  28th February 1935
  
FILE. X223 28.2.35.

Front Expansion Chamber to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1585.

Attached is curve B.V.75 on which are compared a standard front expansion chamber and one to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1585. It will be seen that the standard system is slightly better than Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1585 at the high speeds, the increase amounting to approx. 3 HP. at 4500 r.p.m. and 1.2 H.P. at 4,000 r.p.m.

The back pressure is also higher with the Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1585 expansion chamber. Due presumably to the difference in capacity, there is a slight increase in low speed M.E.P.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /R. Matthews.
  
  
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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