Adapting an oil pump relief valve for the Goshawk 11 engine to reduce noise.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\1\ scan0167 | |
| Date | 23th September 1921 | |
| X.4232 23.9.21. Extract from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 5/LG23.9.21. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. OIL PUMP X.4232 We have fitted to a Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. Oil Pump a Relief Valve off a 40/50 H.P. Oil Pump. We found that we could, without much trouble, adapt the cover from a 40/50 Pump containing the Relief Valve to the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) Pump. We have proved with this pump, that we can definitely overcome the noise we get from the engine gears due to excess oil when the engine is started up cold. We recommend that we adopt this scheme of relief valve for the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. and to take an oil supply from the main pressure to the wheelcase. All our records show that the oil pump on the 40/50 H.P. has been very reliable and very efficient. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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