The Goshawk dynamo output, ballast resistance, and starting issues with the 40/50 car.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\H\November1921\ Scan30 | |
| Date | 21th November 1921 | |
| Contd. -2- EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 2/T21.11.21. the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) than on the 40/50. We could possibly make the wire of finer gauge so as to only take the same current, but we do not think this would be advisable from the point of view of the ballast resistance itself. Another point is that some difficulty has been experienced in starting up the 40/50 car on a cold morning, and as a result of this it has been suggested to me that the ballast resistance ought to be reduced in magnitude. We will take up the matter with Messrs. Lucas as to whether they cannot make their curve of Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) dynamo output keep up a bit more than at present in the later stages, as is the case with the C.A.V. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} | ||
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).