Failure of cross steering levers on a Goshawk 11 vehicle via telegram correspondence.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\4\ Scan130 | |
| Date | 30th March 1922 | |
| X4263 E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to EY. c. to HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 9/LG30.3.22. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. FAILURE OF CROSS STEERING LEVERS. X.4263. X.4219. We have received a wire from Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} as follows:- "Cross steering levers bent - send new pair - suggest stronger design" We have sent off a pair of new levers which are the same as those fitted - the brinell of the two sent off was 285. Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} again wires as follows:- "Steering levers are bending worse - car is unsafe to run". I would also draw your attention to the remarks in Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 's report with reference to this matter. EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||
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).