Instruction sheet for a bench test of Goshawk ignition parts.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\L\2Jan1924-March1924\ Scan44 | |
| Date | 31th January 1924 | |
| RR 238 (150 BKS.) (SH57.29-6-20.) MP 224358 ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. INSTRUCTIONS. To E.E.C. Order No. PC 19 Customer's No. X2894 X4357 ~~X.2894~~ ~~X.4357~~ ~~X.4430~~ Bench Test of Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) Ignition Parts. This test was the bench equivalent of a 10,000 mile endurance test, run under standard conditions, and with a view to ascertaining the effect on the following parts:- 1 Extra tungsten contact points. (AP) 2 Standard rubbing block. 3 Standard rotor blade. 4 Steel condenser gripping spring. Originally it was intended to be a test of the tungsten points, and of the rubbing block with the cam greased every 5,000 miles, but shortly after the commencement of the run, a new rotor was fitted, and later on the condenser gripping spring exchanged for one made Signed cont'd. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work. | ||
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).