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MAY 29, 1924 4/o 40O 390 ? 380 LL) > UJ Q 370 2 8 a. 360 a z 2 350 a UJ a £330 0 I y 320 3IO 300 290 ZBO \: _ COMPRESSION RATIO- 5 1 3? ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATUfif; = ifi°c ATMOSPHERIC PRES5URE-29 97"MERCURY ROL L5 F / / 1 JOYCE' E AGLE'IX ! 1 iOO 1300 HOO 1500 1600 1700 18OO 1900 2000 R PM (CRANKSHAFT 5PEED) Power curve of the Rolls-Royce " Eagle IX." •engine dry is 920 lbs. (417 kgs. and the fuel consumption is 0-54 pint (0-31 litre) per horse-power per hour. The oil consumption is 0-04 pint (0-023 litre per horse-power per hour. The " Manitou " develops 300 h.p. at normal speed of 2,000 r.p.m. and weighs 845 lbs. (384 kgs.) dry. The petrol consumption is 0-55 pint (0-313 litre) per horse-power per hour, and the oil consumption 0 029 pint (0-017 litre) per horse-power per hour. The compression ratio is 5-2 to 1. II < « o s 05 4-1 V ^ 2 c •-3 el 'Z fe 5 "c * CK 0 8g = « S £ OS OH < C - OS JJ! 3 >. - Q * -i 3 wa S o "bH/aH/^Ld - MOIldUnSNOO 10MJ.3d THREE SUNBEAM AERO ENGINES : Top, the 100 h.p. " Dyak." On the left the 280 h.p. "Maori III," and on the right the 300 h.p. "Manitou." 337
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