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).
Goshawk 11 windscreen failure, with a proposed design change to a two-piece screen to avoid vibration.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 23\3\ Scan082 | |
Date | 18th May 1922 | |
LMS. for Sp.{Mr Spinney} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X1087 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LG18.5.22. GOSHAWK 11. WIND SCREEN. X1087 X4086 Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} has reported from France that the top portion of the wind screen fitted to 6-Goshawk-11 car which has a Mulliner Open Body, broke in pieces when the car was travelling at 50 M.P.H. Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} suggests and we agree, that it would be much safer if the top portion of the windscreen was made in two halves so as to avoid the large sheet of glass vibrating. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||