Visit to West Wittering with the Goshawk 11 car, noting engine improvements after fitting a friction damper.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 79\2\ scan0013 | |
| Date | 15th November 1921 | |
| R.R. 235A (100 T) S.H. 798. 10-12-20 G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2947 X4329 To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. HsS/LG15.11.21. X4219 X1698 GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. VISIT TO WEST WITTERING(Henry Royce's home town). X4329 Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} and myself propose coming to W.W. with Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. arriving there on Wednesday morning the 23rd. inst. The car is now considerably improved from when you last tried it. We have now fitted the engine with a proper friction damper. This is overcoming practically all the rattles which were in the engine. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).