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Drawings for a new large type crankshaft pinion spring drive for the Goshawk 11 engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 79\3\  scan0130
Date  21th September 1921
  
To Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
c. to CJ.
c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

X.4222 - RE GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. CRANKSHAFT SPRING DRIVE.
X.4221

We send you herewith drawings LeC.1449 and LeC.1450 shewing the design of the new large type crankshaft pinion spring drive for Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11.

We are sending this design on to you because it happened to be finished, but we are proceeding with a scheme whereby the friction for the slipper flywheel is separated from the crankshaft pinion drive to overcome the trouble mentioned in Mr. Hives' experimental report.

Mr. Royce anticipated, before leaving for his holidays, that the scheme we had got might not work, and that we should be forced to separate the friction.

E. {Mr Elliott - Chief 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).


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