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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).
Carburetter tests conducted at R.A.E. to determine the minimum and maximum heads before flooding starts.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 36\1\  scan 064
Date  2nd June 1920
  
EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}

WL2/2.6.20.

Re - Various Carburetter Heads.

Some carburetter tests have been carried out at R.A.E.
to ascertain the minimum head and maximum head after which
flooding starts these were obtained in the Q.T.

Min. Max.
R.R.C.H. 1-9" 29.6
Napier Lion Single. 2.0 15.6
ditto Duplex. 3.6 15.6
Claudel H.C.7. 2.3 17.0
65 D.C. Zenith 2.6 15.0

WL.
  
  


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