Modification to the Goshawk side steering tube, based on drawing N.sch. 1308.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\I\July1922\ Scan11 | |
| Date | 7th July 1922 | |
| To Ry - from Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to CJ. c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ✓ ORIGINAL. Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 2/M7.7.22. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) SIDE STEERING TUBE. Y4265 We send herewith N.sch. 1308 shewing a modified rear end for the side steering tube which Mr. Royce wishes tried as soon as possible. It can be shewn by geometry that all the movements of the side steering tube due to the motion of the front axle tend to lengthen it, and Mr. Royce wishes to take advantage of this fact to provide a side steering tube which is practically rigid in compression but very flexible in extension. It will be noticed that the design of the pads is altered so that they do not need keying in position, also the ball end is increased in diameter. [Stamp] RECEIVED Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} JUN 10 19.. EC | ||
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).