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Table of ratios for fan speeds corresponding to various thrusts of different fan types.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\3\  scan0031
Date  19th December 1924 guessed
  
Ratios.
FAN SPEEDS CORRESPONDING TO VARIOUS THRUSTS OF VARIOUS FANS.

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| THRUST (lbs.) | 1. Std. 40/50 6-bladed fan. | 2. Std. 40/50 6-bladed fan with 3 blades removed. | 3. Eagle(Aero Engine) 4-bladed fan. | 4. Hispano fan. | 5. High speed 6-bladed fan. | 6. High speed fan with 3 blades removed. | 7. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) fan. | 8. 40/50 Std. fan with backing back blades. | 10. (Crossed Out) 40/50 Std. fan with Eng-ine jack blades - 3 places removed. | 9. Prof. Watts fan. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.00 | 1.19 | 1.03 | 1.33 | 1.00 | — | 1.37 | 1.07 | .935 | 1.02 |
| 2 | 1.00 | 1.29 | 1.13 | 1.43 | 1.03 | — | 1.49 | 1.13 | .936 | 1.09 |
| 3 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.16 | 1.42 | 1.04 | — | 1.52 | 1.14 | .950 | 1.11 |
| 4 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.16 | 1.41 | 1.03 | — | 1.51 | 1.13 | .961 | 1.11 |
| 5 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.16 | 1.38 | 1.03 | — | 1.50 | 1.12 | .965 | 1.11 |
| 6 | 1.00 | 1.31 | 1.12 | 1.36 | 1.00 | — | 1.48 | 1.09 | .940 | 1.09 |
| 7 | 1.00 | 1.31 | 1.10 | 1.36 | .99 | — | 1.46 | 1.07 | .930 | 1.09 |
| 8 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 1.09 | 1.36 | .99 | — | 1.45 | 1.07 | .929 | 1.09 |
| 9 | 1.00 | 1.27 | 1.08 | 1.37 | .98 | — | 1.44 | 1.06 | .923 | 1.08 |
| 10 | 1.00 | 1.26 | 1.08 | — | .99 | — | 1.44 | 1.06 | .925 | 1.08 |
| 11 | 1.00 | 1.23 | 1.07 | — | .98 | — | — | 1.05 | .921 | 1.07 |
| 12 | 1.00 | — | 1.06 | — | .98 | — | — | 1.06 | .919 | 1.08 |
| 13 | 1.00 | — | 1.04 | — | .98 | — | — | 1.07 | .922 | 1.08 |
| 14 | 1.00 | — | — | — | .98 | — | — | 1.06 | .921 | 1.08 |

Handwritten summary row:
1.00 1.30 1.10 1.00 1.48 1.08 .93 1.10
  
  
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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