Improvements to the 'Goshawk' steering wheel, proposing a more robust two-web design.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\F\January1921\ Scan61 | |
| Date | 21th January 1921 | |
| To DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} Copy to O.J. HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} W EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} < ORIGINAL. EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} RECEIVED JAN 19 1922 X 4264 R3/G17/1/21. D 21. JAN. 1921 RECEIVED (4) RE "GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))" STEERING WHEEL. I think the pattern of our steering wheel might be improved. Instead of a single web underneath the middle of the spoke, two webs would make a better job, and look more robust, and therefore the arm would be channel section, and would stand terrific torque. Please let me have a drawing for the improved "Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II" wheel is to replace the present one reported to be too fat in the rim, and rather small in diameter. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).