Progress report on experimental work, tests, and development of various vehicle components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\2\ scan0239 | |
| Date | 11th December 1920 guessed | |
| -2- EXPERIMENTAL WORK INSTRUCTED BY D.O. Hand brake equalizing gear. Completed. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). Foot " " " Side steering tube. " " Pedal mechanism. " " Clutch " " Front springs & fittings. " " Modified position of front " " cross member. " " Coachbuilders clearance for back axle " " Coachbuilders drawing. " " Bonnet. " " Starting handle. " " Rear hub. Part details. " " Foot brake adjustment " " " " Rear axle. " " " " Rear brake. " " " " Side lever mechanism. " " " " Dash brackets & footboards. " " " " Cylinder. Kite. EXPERIMENTAL WORK CARRIED OUT. Long type chassis. S/19 Gearbox, flywheel and clutch. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) chassis. EXPERIMENTAL TESTS. Investigation tests on American cars. Carburation tests - Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). Tests on easier starting up in cold weather. ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTAL WORK. Investigation of performance of Pre-War Scott cut-out and Post-war Rotax cut-out. Heating tests of plain shunt wound dynamos at constant output. Further comparative experimental tests of magnetos. Investigation of utility test for magneto and for battery ignition. | ||
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).