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).
Proposal to fit a temporary battery ignition system to the Goshawk I engine by replacing the magneto.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\5\ Scan142 | |
| Date | 21th January 1921 | |
| TO EY. From DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Copy to RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} (1 print) Copy to HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Copy to EFC. [STAMP: RECEIVED] [STAMP: circular stamp dated 16 FEB with handwritten number X.3485 across it] DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}6/AH15.211921. X 3485 RE "GOSHAWK 1" PROPOSED TEMPORARY BATTERY IGNITION X 3173 Mr. Hives wishes to fit temporarily a Distributor and Contact Breaker in place of the present Magneto. The Distributor is an old aero distributor still [struck through] now [handwritten above] in existence, and we wish to make a base and a right-angle drive to stand on the present Magneto base. The idea is shown on "N" Scheme 760 of which we send you two prints herewith. Would you please put details in hand. We believe it is intended to use a standard coil mounted on the dash. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||