Status report on parts issuance, experimental work in progress, and various component tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\2\ scan0286 | |
| Date | 14th July 1921 | |
| contd. -2- 14.7.21. Frame & Fittings N.sch.917 Further details issued. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11 Carburetter LeC.1386 - Further details issued. " " Starting Handle. N.sch.913. Details completed. " " Spring Drive N.sch.913. Additional details issued. " " Bonnet LeC.1403. Part details issued. " " Engine Controls. LeC.1386. Part details issued. " " Ignition wire fittings. LeC.1398. Part details issued. " " Steering Column & Box. N.sch.909 Part details issued. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) i. Modification to Valves & Cylinders. N.sch.1001. Condor(Aero Engine). EXPERIMENTAL WORK IN PROGRESS. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11 - Frame, Gear Box, Engine, Rear & front axles. New thrust scheme for 40/50 bevel pinion thrust housing. EXPERIMENTAL TESTS. Exhaust heating tests - 40/50 Induction Pipes. Ignition tests on 40/50 engine. Tests on 4.EX Car. Condor(Aero Engine) engine tests. ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTAL WORK. Vibration test of standard Exide Battery ( in progress ) Intensive test of Lucas Cut-out. Low rate discharge tests of De.Martix Battery. Test and report of Roller-Smith Ammeter. Tests of recently received Bleriot phi cut-outs. Chemical and physical tests of Bakelite and Elo mouldings. Brake tests of standard starter motor with coils - two series two parallel. Further tests of motoring switch and resistance. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /LG. | ||
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).