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).
The failure of a Goshawk original type front axle due to a low factor of safety.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\4\ Scan124 | |
Date | 1st January 1922 | |
X.4263 Extract from hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG23.1.22. X.4219 Front axle. X.4263 We have had one of the Goshawk original type front axles break in the centre between the two front springs. This shows there is a very little factor of safety on this section with the old axle. hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||