Required modifications to the Goshawk 11 chassis to improve rigidity and create more body space.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\K\November1923\ Scan118 | |
| Date | 21th November 1923 | |
| R.R. 235A (100 T) (S.H. 159 11-8-20) G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2800 TO HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} EX c. to CJ. WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to RG. {Mr Rowledge} ORIGINAL GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. X3522 JU260 With reference to Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. it is imperative that this chassis has additional cross members, and some of the present cross members increased in diameter, that the frame brackets are re-arranged so that they do not deflect through the torsion of the frame, that at an early date we increase the depth of the frame, (which we understand will prove more effective than the use of tiebars, and less costly) that in future chassis we endeavour to give more room above the frame for the body cross members between the surface of the floor and the top of the frame. This is best obtained by lowering the frame by the most convenient means. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).