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).
Steering gear modifications for the Goshawk and 40/50 models, specifically concerning buffer springs and irreversible steering.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\I\July1922\ Scan55 | |
| Date | 6th August 1919 | |
| R.R. 235 A (100 T) (S.F. 846 6-8-19) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2460. (2) buffers, and set up buffer springs. The result of this modification we are anxiously awaiting. We think it is better not to fit irreversi- ble steering until we have reduced the shocks to the minimum, in which case we probably shall find that the irreversibility may not be necessary, or can be easily applied without distressing the gear. I hope that the matter which you have now in hand for the steering gear will greatly improve both the Goshawk and the 40/50. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||