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Changing the coil on the No. 6 Goshawk car, which resolved mis-fire and power issues.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\J\November1922\  Scan111
Date  23th November 1922
  
R.R. 235B (100 T) (S.H 798 10-12-20) G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2948
TO EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} (CJ. BJ. PN. {Mr Northey} HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} ) FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce}
ORIGINAL R2/M23.11.22.
NO. 6. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). X4273
We have changed the coil on this car to a stabalite cased one (40/50). It has improved the car immensely. Evidently many mis-fires previously attributed to carburation do not now exist. The car is faster and sweeter, and altogether more satisfactory. My disappointment expressed to HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} of want of power has now been removed.
RECEIVED
R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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).


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