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).
Woodhead springs and the types of wheels for Goshawk-11 models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan199 | |
| Date | 21th April 1922 guessed | |
| contd:- -6- Woodhead made springs or whether we use the Woodhead design Woodhead made springs is a point to be settled. The chief query at present is that the Woodhead deisgn is rather a crude finish and the tips of the springs are not bevelled off which it is anticipated may cause spring squeaks. 4-Goshawk-11 has the R-R design Woodhead springs which you complained squeaked. 5-Goshawk-11 also has the R-R design Woodhead springs. 6-Goshawk-11 has also R-R design Woodhead springs. 7-Goshawk-11 has the Woodhead design Woodhead springs but 6/7-Goshawk-11 have gaiters (Wefco) fitted. Do you think it would be advisable for us to supply some Woodhead design springs to be fixed and tested on 6-Goshawk-11? Wheels. No doubt in a week or 10 days time we shall have some further sets of RW. wheels and hubs. The type of wheels to be used is just a point of controversy. Do you think we might, to advantage, supply and fix a set of RW wheels in place of the disc wheels now on 6-Goshawk-11. 5-Goshawk-11 has Dunlop wire wheels and 7-Goshawk-11 has RW. wire wheels. [Handwritten note] Yes, we will decide this morning re this. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||