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Data sheet detailing power requirements and thrust measurements for a Goshawk 4-blade fan with an experimental modification.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\3\  scan0216
Date  4th January 1925
  
X4237
POWER REQUIRED TO DRIVE RADIATOR FAN IN VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
No. 21
Circumstances :- Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 4 blade fan with 2ND Experimental modification

Date, Motor Field current (amps.), Motor Speed., Fan Speed. R. {Sir Henry Royce} , Ratio., Volts across motor brushes., Motor armature Current., Volts across motor brushes light., Motor Armature current light., Thrust (lbs).
4-1-25, 1.492, 440, 1,000, 2.27, 63.94, 4.60, 61.89, 1.90, 1.094
4-1-25, 1.492, 616, 1,400, 2.27, 88.80, 5.59, 87.47, 1.97, 2.312
4-1-25, 1.492, 792, 1,800, 2.27, 114.07, 6.95, 111.0, 1.96, 4.000
4-1-25, 1.492, 971, 2,200, 2.27, 140.15, 9.41, 137.08, 2.06, 6.562
4-1-25, 1.492, 1,161, 2,600, 2.24, 166.14, 11.05, 162.45, 2.10, 8.750
  
  
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).


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