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).
Reduced tyre pressures following Goshawk tests and communication from the Dunlop Co.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\2\ Scan143 | |
| Date | 18th May 1922 | |
| X3538 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RECEIVED To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} - from Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} " EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} - " " " BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} - " " " Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} - " " " Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} - " " " Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} - " " " Hr. - " " Following our various discussions regarding tyre pressures and our suggestion of reducing those recommended by the Dunlop Co., as a result primarily of the Goshawk tests in France, below is copy of communication I have this day received from the Dunlop Co. which you will see agrees in the main with the recommendations made by Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} As soon as the new Dunlop lists, with these reduced loads and pressures, are to hand, a copy shall be sent you. Will Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} kindly advise if he is now fully in agreement with these modified pressures. Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||