Extract concerning a visit to West Wittering about the Goshawk II engine's electric starter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 51\5\ Scan189 | |
| Date | 30th December 1921 | |
| X4342V Extract from R7/M30.12.21. RE VISIT OF MESSRS Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} & H.. TO WEST WITTERING(Henry Royce's home town) ON WEDNESDAY 21st. DECEMBER 1921. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II. (12) ELECTRIC STARTER. X.4342V. X.4383. Use the C.A.V. electric starter if our own is not ready. Our own should be ready if we use press button switch, and the improved pinion or C.A.V. pinion. I think, however, that for starting the engine there is nothing yet so good as the relay system working on a cycle of operations as already suggested and patented by us. We think this is quite necessary for a big engine. | ||
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).