Suggesting a test to determine the cause of excessive oil consumption on a Goshawk-11 engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan287 | |
| Date | 25th May 1922 | |
| Y4086 Hy {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} - Laval from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 3/LG25.5.22. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11. As regards the excessive oil consumption on 7-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 it would be interesting for you to run with the supply cut off altogether supplying the rockers to prove whether the oil is getting passed the pistons or getting passed the valves, which is the trouble. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [Upside down stamp text] MADE AT CROXLEY [Upside down stamp text] 4081 | ||
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).