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).
Reporting the failure of a modified fixing for Goshawk steering during a bump test.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\J\November1922\ Scan69 | |
| Date | 9th November 1922 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} ORIGINAL HsS/L.09.11.22. MODIFIED FIXING FOR GOSHAWK STEERING. X4264 We have run the modified fixing for the steering 17 1/4 hours on the bump test. After that run the stay anchoring the support to the frame, broke. We are sending the broken piece to R.{Sir Henry Royce} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||