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).
Request to make enquiries with external firms regarding a starter motor for the Goshawk II engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 35\4\ scan 019 | |
| Date | 1st April 1921 | |
| To EFC. from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to CJ. " " WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} " " DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} " " HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} " " BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Handwritten top center: X. 4384 Handwritten top right: R9/G6/4/21. Handwritten: X.4384 RE "GOSHAWK II" ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. Handwritten: X4342 We send you herewith Lec.1373 showing the scheme we propose using for the starter motor. Would you kindly make enquiries from the following firms as to the possibility of fitting their own standard (or slightly modified standard) motor on to our end supporting plate, as shown in the drawing :- Rotax Company. C.A.V. Lucas. Smith. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||