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 revised design for control lever springs on the Goshawk steering column to reduce hand knob load.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 56\3\ Scan093 | |
| Date | 30th June 1922 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to CJ. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X4239 Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/30.6.22. RE CONTROL LEVER SPRINGS ON COLUMN - GOSHAWK. X.4239 X.4264. Further to N.sch.1299 already sent to you, shewing the revised design of controls on the steering column, we send herewith N.sch.1306 giving particulars of the spring for the control levers. Mr. Royce thought that the load on the hand knobs was too great. We measured this to be about 3.5 lbs., and have made the new design to give 2.5 lbs. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||