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Table of results detailing magneto performance tests.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 48\3\  Scan096
Date  23th March 1921
  
A. {Mr Adams}
23.3.21.

X.430. - TABLE OF RESULTS OF MAGNETO PERFORMANCE. (I)

Magneto. | Type & No. | X. No. | (1) Weight (LBS). | (3) Air gap ("). | (4) H.T. safety gap (mm) | (6) Platinum gap. (inches). | (9) Range (o). | Make ratio. | (13) Utility test spark lengths (mm)
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d)
Watford. | E.6 40886 | 2375 | 11.7 | .006 | 6.85 | .020 | 30 | .858 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 3.8
" | E.6 44258 | 2375 | 11.7 | .006 | 6.85 | .022 | 30 | .861 | (Magneto No.45168).
-- | -- | -- | --
" | E.O.6a 46993 | 4181a. | 12.7 | .006 (.003 between sleeve & pole shoe) | 7.2 | .009 | 32 | .906 | 7.0 | (magneto No.46988)
6.7 | 5.7 | 4.2
" | E.O.6b 48919 | 4181b. | 12.9 | .006* (.003 between sleeve & pole shoe) | 7.0 | .012 | 63 | .888 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 5.0
R.Bosch | Z.R.6 2571556 | 427 | 18.25 | .006 | 9.9 | .014 | 36.5 | .458 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 5.0
U.S.A.Bosch. | Z.R.6 2998784 | 3916 | 15.1 | .005 | 8.7 | .026 | 37.5 | .850 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 4.2
U.S.A.Bosch | B.6 3002660 | 3917 | 11.0 | -- | -- | .027 | 35.5 | .864 | -- | -- | -- | --
Dixie. | Aero648 718237. | 3734. | 14.1 | -- | -- | .022 | 38. | .407 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 2.0
Conner. | C.M.1 | 4210. | 16.1 | .006 | 8.7 | .010. | 48.5 | .433 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 5.4 | 3.6
B.T.H. | F.M.6 R311941 | 3515 | 10.25 | .003* (taken from another machine) | 7.6 | .012 | 45.5 | .556 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.0

Contd.
  
  
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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