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).
Completion of the Goshawk model, focusing on the electrical system, ignition, starter, and dynamo designs.
| Identifier | Morton\M1.5\ img016 | |
| Date | 29th December 1921 | |
| R.R. 235A (500 T) (S.D. 408. 26-4-17.) Bm. 2/156/13. To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} C. to CU. BJ. " PN.{Mr Northey} LHS.{Lord Herbert Scott} " BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} " HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} " EFC. ORIGINAL R2/M29.12.21. [Handwritten] X4338 X3480 GOSHAWK COMPLETION. I am very anxious to complete cars for February 10,000 miles test in France and England with our own electrical equipment. [Handwritten] level at Stoke More than 90% of the drawing work is completed and I understand the model parts are well in hand. The ignition is now completed with the improved condenser and the gauge vent to the distributor moulding. I have given elsewhere the virtues of our design over others - see other memorandums on this subject. This ignition wants all the patented and registered protection possible - it has cost the Company, it's staff, and myself, much. Regarding the starter pinion this I hope you will like in our improved pattern; the original one sent in by Mr. Stent was not a design but what we thought was standard. We now find the standard somewhat crude [Handwritten: made in] and could be better. There is every reason for this to be the most perfect known, as it appears to be a device that does not last well. [Handwritten] X3915 X4431 Regarding the starter switch it has occurred to me that you might like to fit a cheaper edition of the magnetic one with press button control; it would add to the perfection of operation and might [Handwritten: help to] sell a chassis for the few shillings extra it would cost. We could also make the parts interchangeable with other models, therefore have less pattern, and have something ready to hand. [Handwritten] X4383 DYNAMO. This, with the altered drive to avoid the trouble of lining up and crank-case fumes (in the present simpler scheme) will leave the dynamo shaft the ordinary standard one of any (1) | ||