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).
Performance log sheet for a Goshawk vehicle's hill climb test up the Col de la Faucille.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 24\4\ Scan179 | |
| Date | 22th August 1924 guessed | |
| Goshawk Results of climb up. Col de la{L. A. Archer} Faucille | Air temp | Temp of Box | Distance travelled Kilometres | direction of wind | Height climbed meters | Ignition Batty or Mag | Throttle | gear | condition of car | Time min. | Kilos pr.{Percy H. Rose} hr. | Remarks | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 18 | 64°, 57.5° | 8223 | None | 600 | fully advanced | full | 2nd | 4 passengers | 0 | | same as previous remarks. | | 16.5 | 63°, 57.3° | | | 620 | " | " | " | bonnet open on exhaust side | 1 | | Bonnet on exhaust side opened. | | | 64.5°, 58.9° | | | | " | " | " | | 2 | | | | 16 | 66°, 60° | | | 690 | " | " | " | | 3 | | Temp was brought up to 73° but was lost in opening bonnet. etc. | | | 68°, 62.2° | | | | " | " | " | | 4 | | | | 15.5 | 69°, 63.5° | | | 760 | " | " | " | | 5 | | | | | 71°, 65° | | | | " | " | " | | 6 | | | | 15 | 71.5°, 65.6° | | | 820 | " | " | " | | 7 | | | | | 72°, 66.7° | | | | " | " | " | | 8 | | | | 15 | 72.5°, 66.7° | | | 880 | " | " | " | | 9 | | | | | 73°, 67.2° | | | | " | " | " | | 10 | | | | 15 | 74.5°, 66.7° | | | 940 | " | " | " | | 11 | | | | | 73°, 65.6° | | | | " | " | " | | 12 | | | | 14.5 | 72.5°, 65.6° | | | 1000 | " | " | " | | 13 | | Started to rain continued | | | 72.5°, 66.1° | | | | " | " | " | | 14 | | | | 14 | 74°, 66.7° | | | 1080 | " | " | " | | 15 | | | | | 73°, 66.7° | | | | " | " | " | | 16 | | | | 12.5 | 74°, 66.7° | | | 1190 | " | " | " | | 17 | | | | | 72°, 65.6° | | | | " | " | " | | 18 | | | | | | 8234 | | 1220 | " | " | " | | 19 | | | | | 72°, 65.6° | | | | " | " | " | | 19.20 | | | Signature: G Hancock | ||