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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).
Table of figures showing automatic advance settings for the WAC.2 engine.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 65\1\  scan0009
Date  21th August 1924
  
X8685
21.8.24.
X.3949. AUTOMATIC ADVANCE FOR WAC.2 ENGINE. X8685
(Figures supplied by Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} showing maximum and minimum engine degrees B.D.P. at which maximum power is maintained for various speeds).

Speed. B.D.P.
Maximum. Minimum.
500 22º 15º
650 26 20 Note 1.
750 31 24 Engine degrees
1000 39 29 and speeds throughout.
1250 44 35
1500 46 39 Note 2.
1750 47 39 2 to 3% less advance
2000 51 41 required when using
2250 54 44 both ignitions.
2500 56 47
3000 58 50

EFC.
  
  


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