Progress report detailing work on various mechanical components, experimental tests, and electrical work.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\2\ scan0226 | |
| Date | 1st November 1920 | |
| -2- 3/19 Gear box. LeC.1557. rrt details. U.S.A. 40/50. " Frame fitting details. " " Central lever mechanism. part details. " " Hand Brake equalizing gear. completed. " " Frame drilling 3/19 gear box. " " Wheelcase gears. LeC.1266. Buzzard(Aero Engine). " Detail " 1264. " Rear axle - central portion. M.Scheme 339. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). Torque tube propeller shaft. " Rear axle - M.Scheme 145 958. " Flywheel & clutch. LeC. 1049 M.Schemes 56 1341. Front axle - cross steering tube. Completed. WORK CARRIED OUT ON EXPERIMENTAL PARTS. 3/19 Gear box, flywheel & clutch. 40/50. Long type chassis. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) " Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). Ignition switch 40/50. Distribution board. " EXPERIMENTAL TESTS. Spring tests on chassis. 40/50. Horse power tests. " Steering tests. Engine tests. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTAL WORK. Investigation of singing of Lucas dynamos. Performance curves of Rotax dynamo. Discharge test of old Willard battery. Tests of Disco Combined Cut-out and Vibrator Regulator. Preliminary trial of Actuator box with parallel coils, in connection with silent starter control. Examination of magnetos recently received - preliminary test. Contact resistance tests - Tungsten points. Tests of stainless steel distributor points. (contd). R.R. 235A (100 T) G.H. 152. 11-20 (S) G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 4800 | ||
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).