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).
Failure of a Goshawk aluminium steering box during testing and proposing modifications for its fixing.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\J\December1922\ Scan23 | |
| Date | 13th December 1923 | |
| R.R. 235A (100 T) (S.H. 159 11-8-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2800 ORIGINAL TO HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} R2/M13.12.23. GOSHAWK ALUMINIUM STEERING BOX & SUPPORT. X4264 With reference to your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}7/LG81222., I cannot believe one box will crack during EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}'s test, and another stand thousands of rough jerks such as we had before the safety spring buffers were correctly arranged. .005" was not enough for the oversized tube. The broken one I saw might have been anything up to .020" oversize. It was just tube as drawn, forced into a machined hole. With modified fixing, continue to use aluminium box, and we will give connecting link freedom to move round it's attachment at each end. Do you then think this method of carrying the box better than our standard which shews signs of distress on the road, and does not stand bumping test. RECEIVED R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||