Test report on Goshawk & Focker rollers, noting the formation of flats and recommending a new design to replace them.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\I\June1922\ Scan33 | |
| Date | 19th June 1922 | |
| To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. c. to H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} ORIGINAL. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) & FOCKER ROLLERS. X.4229 X4226 We have tested a set of the larger diameter rollers which have increased clearances in the hole and sideways. They have been run 150 miles. One roller has now a definite flat. Experiments, up-to-date with increased clearance on the pin and endways, and larger diameter rollers, have not overcome the flats being formed. We certainly think a scheme should be got out of doing away with the rollers. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).