Recurring front spring failure on the 6-Goshawk-11 vehicle and the dispatch of uprated replacements.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\3\ Scan126 | |
| Date | 9th June 1922 | |
| To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} X4261 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG9.6.22. 6-GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 SPRINGS AND FITTINGS. X.4261. We have received a wire from Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} stating that a further top leaf on the near-side front spring has broken. This makes the third front spring which has broken on 6-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 during 11,000 miles running in France. We have sent to HY. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} a pair of the new front springs with increased rating and have asked him to fit them to that car. 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).