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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 comparing fan speed and power required versus axial thrust for Hispano and Goshawk fan modifications.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\3\  scan0214
Date  3rd February 1925
  
I.

FAN SPEED (r.p.m.)
2600
2400
2200
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0

MOTOR OR ENGINE POWER REQUIRED TO DRIVE FAN. (H.P.)
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
.5
0

AXIAL THRUST OF FAN IN LBS WEIGHT

SPEED
POWER

Graph lines are numbered: 4, 7, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27

TABLE:
No. | FAN.
4. | HISPANO.
7. | ORIGINAL GOSHAWK.
21. | 1ST MODIFICATION. GOSHAWK. (WIDE BLADES SIMILAR TO MALTESE CROSS)
22. | 2ND MODIFICATION. GOSHAWK. (No. 21 WITH 1" CUT OFF LEADING EDGE)
23. | 3RD MODIFICATION. GOSHAWK. (No. 22 WITH LEADING EDGE ROUNDED OFF)
24. | 4TH MODIFICATION. GOSHAWK. (BLADES SIMILAR TO HISPANO)
27. | 5TH MODIFICATION. GOSHAWK. (FINAL).

HEW 3-2-25
E.P.C 3/2/25
  
  


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