Starting issues with the Goshawk engine's battery ignition system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\5\ Scan250 | |
| Date | 9th January 1924 | |
| To EY. from EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} c. EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /TMW. X3485 EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 2/T9.1.24. X.3485 - GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) BATTERY IGNITION. X.3949. Herewith please receive copy of matter relating to the starting of the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) engine, which should in nearly all cases be possible to effect by retarding the ignition lever, particularly with a well run in engine. If it is not possible to do this, it indicates that some portion of the ignition equipment is not set correctly, i.e. either to the production inspection, adjustment and test of the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) ignition distributor and contact breaker, dated 14.12.23, or to the instructions for the timing of the ignition distributor and contact breaker in position on the chassis, of the same date, copies of which you have had. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} | ||
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).