Slow running, performance, acceleration, and hill climb tests for a GAE-20 30 HP engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\5\ img286 | |
| Date | 1st June 1937 | |
| COPY. RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC {R. Childs} 6013 To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GR. {George Ratcliffe} 5/JH.1.6.37. GAE-20 30 H.P. Slow running tests. Standard distributor head and rotor fitted. Contacts checked O.K. at .018" gap. Timing checked and reset at 13° B.T.D.C., F.A. Tappets checked cold reset .004" and .006". 6 M.P.H. at 13° B.T.D.C. fairly even. 5" at T.D.C. appreciably more even. Noticeable improvement at T.D.C. idling light. Performance & acceleration tests. Standard at 13° B.T.D.C., F.A. | New governor at T.D.C., F.A. -----------------------------------|---------------------------------- M.P.H. Seconds. | Seconds. 5 - 20 7.1 | 7.0 5 - 30 11.5 | 11.4 10 - 40 13.7 | 13.6 10 - 50 19.7 | 19.6 10 - 60 27.4 | 27.9 10 - 70 41.8 | 43.0 15.5.37. Weather good. | 16.5.37. Rough wind. Ticknall hill climb. 1st. gate 49.5 secs. 55 M.P.H.,S.R. | 49.4 secs. 55 M.P.H., S.R. Finish 60.0 secs. 60 M.P.H.,S.R. | 59.7 secs. 60 M.P.H., S.R. | ||
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).