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 Goshawk 11 radiator fixing bumping test, confirming the intentional flexibility of the design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\4\ scan0178 | |
| Date | 9th December 1921 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to CJ. c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X4240 R7/M9.12.21. GOSHAWK 11. BUMPING TEST. FIXING FOR RADIATOR. X.4240 Replying to your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG7.12.21., I am pleased that the breakages are consistent, and am not proposing to alter the radiator fixing; it would be wrong to stiffen these, as they might break sooner, or damage the radiator. The flexibility which has cracked them was intentional; we must use plastic metal, and try if road experience demands any more expensive scheme. I am so pleased with the scheme of fixing this radiator that I am slow to abandon it. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||