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).
Modifications to fit a magneto on the Goshawk II engine by altering the starter motor position.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M1\6\ img027 | |
| Date | 1st November 1921 | |
| To D.X. from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Copy to C.L. " "H" " "HY{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}" " "HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}" " "SPO" ORIGINAL (4327) RE MAGNETO ON "GOSHAWK II" ENGINE. In connection with the modifications to the "Goshawk" engine to enable a magneto to be fitted, it is necessary to alter the position of the starter motor from above the crankshaft centre to below the crankshaft centre on the near side of the engine. We attach herewith drawing No.Lec.1475 shewing the motor thus carried. Would you kindly set this alteration in motion. We shall in due course send further schemes shewing the magneto being driven from the tail end of the dynamo shaft. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} RECEIVED 1 NOV 1921 | ||