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).
Graph showing a consumption loop at rated boost for a Kestrel supercharged engine.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179\2\ img073 | |
Date | 14th December 1931 | |
KESTREL" SUPERCHARGED ENGINES CURVE 269'F' CONSUMPTION LOOP AT RATED BOOST (2250 R.P.M.) ENGINE - K-IIS-27 WITH 6/1 C.R PISTONS + 28-82' HG ABS FUELS - I D.T.D. 134 (75/25 AVIATN/BENZOLE) II ANGLO-PERSIAN + 3.2 CCS T.E.L./GALL LODGE A.2 PLUGS BAR 763 M/M AIR 19.5°C Y-AXIS: PINTS/B.H.P./HOUR X-AXIS: BRAKE HORSE POWER (ACTUAL) CURVES: ANGLO-PERSIAN, D.T.D. 134 DATA POINTS: MAX. POWER 609 B.H.P. W.M. POWER 577 B.H.P. MAX. POWER .563 Pts/BHP/HR W.M. POWER .540 Pts/BHP/HR STAMP: G.P. 14-12-31 | ||