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).
Improved Bendix drive for the Goshawk 11 engine and its comparison to a Bijur design.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\K\September1923\ Scan100 | |
| Date | 1st September 1923 | |
| TO BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} FROM E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to CJ. c. to HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to SR. c. to EPC. ORIGINAL GOSHAWK 11. IMPROVED BENDIX DRIVE. X3592 We send you herewith drawing No. Lec.1761. shewing the above. This design should be tested against the improved Bijur recently sent with a view to the improvements in it being applied to early Goshawks if it is found to be superior. The feature of Lec.1761. is that the driving spring has been relieved of all end load and deals with torsion only. On account of this alteration there is much less restriction as regards the design of the spring and it has been made considerably more flexible than heretofore. Should this Bendix of course prove itself to be better than the Bijur we should most likely return to it altogether until such time as the electrical relay scheme is ready. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||