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).
Requesting experiments on the Goshawk engine's stabalite ignition coil and its ability to operate using dry batteries.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\5\ Scan224 | |
| Date | 30th November 1922 | |
| X3485 To EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. CJ. c. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. PN. {Mr Northey} R2/M30.11.22. X.3485. GOSHAWK IGNITION. YH279 YH273 I should like you to find at what temperature the stabalite coil works when fixed in the stendard position on top of thevalve gear cover, but standing on a heat insulated base and fixed by bolts which are heat and electrically insulated from the engine. Also will you make another experiment to find out if the Goshawk ignition will work on dry batteries for the short period of time necessary for starting the engine. In the event of the adoption of a vibrator regulator for the Goshawk dynamo which we know would continue to run the engine once we were able to get it started, we should not be stalled absolutely by the break-down of the main battery, if we had a dry battery as a stand-by. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} (We might carry a few of those thatbecame active when weter is put in them). R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||