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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).
The gear reduction ratios for an EAC starter motor.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 68\3\  scan0164
Date  19th January 1925
  
EFC.
X8640
19.1.25.
X. 8650.
X. 8640. EAC. STARTER MOTOR REDUCTION.
The new reduction is as follows :-
Epicyclic gear of the motor 4 to 1 = 4 to 1
Motor pinion to flywheel. 65 to 9 = 7.222 to 1
Total reduction. 260 to 9 = 28.89 to 1
CAP.
  
  


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