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).
On the Goshawk 11 radiator fixing bumping test, explaining that the design's flexibility is intentional and expressing satisfaction with the current scheme.
| Identifier | Morton\M1.5\ img009 | |
| Date | 9th December 1921 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to:- CJ. " E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} " Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} " By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} " EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} " Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} ORIGINAL Goshawk 11. Bumping Test. X4240 FIXING for Radiator. X4219 Replying to your Hsl/LG7.12.21., I am pleased that the breakages are consistent, and am not proposing to alter the radiator fixing; it would be wrong to stiffen these, as they might break sooner, or damage the radiator. The flexibility which has cracked them was intentional; we must use less plastic metal, and try if road experience demands any more expensive scheme. I am so pleased with the scheme of fixing this radiator that I am slow to abandon it. R.{Sir Henry Royce} [STAMP] REC'D 15 DEC | ||