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).
Testing of Goshawk radiator shutters and concerns about unexpected electrical failures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\4\ scan0296 | |
| Date | 28th November 1922 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BJ. Copies to CJ. PN.{Mr Northey} X4240 GOSHAWK RADIATOR SHUTTERS. Thank you for your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG21.11.22, concerning the above. We shall be very interested to see and try the new arrangements. It seems practically impossible for us really to know the actual effect of any new device or alteration until the car has been run 10,000 miles, and if we make quite a small alteration it sometimes seems quite unaccountably to affect some other part. The unexpected failure of the electric parts due to fitting shutters has been a startling example of this. I hope we shall very thoroughly test any new thermo shutter device before we offer it to the public. B.J. | ||