Typed letter discussing delays and carburetter experimentation for the Goshawk 11 vehicle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan049 | |
| Date | 22th March 1922 | |
| C O P Y. To EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to WOr. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to BY c. to E c. to Hy {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} 24th. Mar. 22nd. 1922. Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence). GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. X.4219. I have just received your letter EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 4/LG21.3.22. I arrived with Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. at Hyeres on Tuesday evening. R. {Sir Henry Royce} went for his first ride on Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. today (Friday) into Hyeres. The weather is cold and wet. R. {Sir Henry Royce} has not been very well since I have been here. The impression I got was that he is very anxious that any delay in connection with Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. shall not be due to him. He said he could not understand why the production had been delayed two months. I feel that this question of delay is always on his mind when he is asked to make a decision. The day I arrived he received a letter from CJ. saying that the car was 45% better with the S.U. Carburetter fitted. You can imagine that did not improve matters. If it had been said it was 50% better, it would not have been so bad. I got him to agree that it was quite right that we should experiment with the S.U. carburetter and if it was found that it gave 10% yet alone 45% improvement, we ought to have it. I do not think we want R. {Sir Henry Royce} to say any more than this - we have got to prove the S.U. out yet. and our people in London must be told that the carburetter for Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. is not settled but everything possible is being done. I suggest that if the tests at Derby still show the S.U. to be a definite gain, we ought to be getting out one of our own design for Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. For instance, the control for the jet - R. {Sir Henry Royce} does not approve of the gland and contd:- | ||
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).