Modifications to the Goshawk 11 steering arrangement, moving the carburetter control to reduce cost.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\4\ Scan241 | |
| Date | 27th April 1921 | |
| To HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} . from R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. to CJ. c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X4264 R3/G27.4.21. X.4264. RE. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11 STEERING. In the arrangement of the steering for Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11 we have modified many parts so as to make what we think a better piece of work considerably cheaper. We have removed the control of the carburetter from the steering column, to the instrument board, where it will be closely associated with the choke for the slow speed and starting jet. It will be noticed that now the instrument board is so near to the driver's hand, that it is quite practicable to have the carburetter control in this position so as to simplify the steering column and its fittings. R | ||
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).