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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 showing comparative consumption loops for a Kestrel supercharged engine.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 179\2\  img197
Date  4th May 1932
  
KESTREL SUPERCHARGED ENGINES
CURVE 281 "F"
COMPARATIVE CONSUMPTION LOOPS AT 90% F.T. LOAD
(2500 R.P.M)
① AT ALTITUDE 11500 FT, AND 2500 RPM
② THROTTLED TO REPRODUCE ABOVE CONDITION AT GROUND
ENGINE - K IIS EXP 2
LODGE A.2 PLUGS
D.T.D 134 FUEL
BAR 769 M/M
T.H. AIR ① 11.5°C. ② 15°C
SPEC. CONS. PTS/BHP/HR
BRAKE HORSE POWER (ACTUAL)
MAX. POWER .610 PTS/HP/HR
W.M POWER .580 PTS/HP/HR
MAX. POWER .600 PTS/HP/HR
W.M POWER .565 PTS/HP/HR
C.P. 4.5.32
  
  


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