Progress report listing work on engine and chassis components for Goshawk, Condor, and Buzzard projects, including experimental work and tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\2\ scan0246 | |
| Date | 3rd February 1921 guessed | |
| -2- Contd. Torque tube & propeller shaft. Part details. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 1. Side lever mechanism. " " Rear hub. Completed. " Petrol tank. " " Additional details for dash brackets & footboards. Scheme N.675. " Crankcase & bearings. Part details. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II Wheelcase. Completed. " Crankshaft. " " Oil fittings. Part details. " Modification to power starter switch control. Condor(Aero Engine). EXPERIMENTAL WORK IN PROGRESS. 3/18 Gear box, flywheel & clutch. Long type chassis. Buzzard(Aero Engine) rear axle. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II engine parts. EXPERIMENTAL TESTS. Road tests of Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) chassis. Exhaust heating tests 40/50. Better starting in cold weather. Condor(Aero Engine) four carburetter tests en-dem Sparking plug tests. ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTAL WORK. Bench test of L.S.A. ZR6 Bosch magneto. " " Dixie Aero 648 magneto. Operation of second Bleriot Phi cut-out. Investigation of effect of additional spark gap. Further examination of operation of Westinghouse Regulator. Examination and report on B.T.H. Magneto type G6. ------------ | ||
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).