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).
New scheme (N.sch. 1344) for a modified front axle fitted with front wheel brakes for the Goshawk 11 model.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\J\November1922\ Scan12 | |
| Date | 11th November 1922 | |
| TO BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} C. to GJ. C. to WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} C. to HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ✓ ORIGINAL. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}2/M11.11.22. GOSHAWK 11. FRONT WHEEL BRAKES. V4428 We send herewith N.sch. 1344 shewing the modified front axle fitted with front wheel brakes. It will be seen that it follows the lines of the 40/50 except that the top lever is of the bolted on type instead of with a shank. We are sending you a similar design for the 40/50 as it is thought in some ways the former may be preferred. The wheels bearing stub axle etc are as standard and intended to be suitable for Dunlop or Rudge Whitworth wheels but we notice that the Dunlop wheel shewn on your general arrangement drawing is not the same as that shewn on our N.sch. We are not sure quite why this is and we should like you to go over the scheme shewn on N.sch. 1344 and ascertain that the existing Dunlop wheel will go on. As in the case of the 40/50 we should be glad if you would check the clearances between the cross steering lever and the brake carrier, and between the cross steering tube joint and the brake drum. We think in other respects the drawing is self explanatory. Will you please put this in hand as we expect there will be a demand for front wheel brakes on Goshawk very shortly. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} NOV 18 1922 RECEIVED | ||