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).
Cracked radiator fixing gusset plate found after a Goshawk 11 chassis bump test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\2\ scan0151 | |
| Date | 7th December 1921 | |
| X.4268 To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X.4268. X.4260 Hsl/LG7.12.21. GOSHAWK 11. BUMPING TEST. X.4240 Fixing for Radiator. We find on the second chassis which was run on the Bump Test for 7 hours before the broke at the dumb iron, that the gusset plate which carries the radiator has cracked similar to those which we have already sent to Mr. Royce. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||