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Continued list of recommendations concerning steering geometry, friction, and suspension for production Goshawks.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 49\4\  Scan163
Date  2nd August 1922 guessed
  
contd:-
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(4) Centre point steering is correct under all circum-
stances and should not be departed from.
(5) Friction should not be necessary or desirable.
(6) Incorrect geometry is not so apparent if stiffer front road springs are used, and increased thickness of buffers (as is recommended for production Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))s), lifting the car up about 1" at the front.

More designs of parts will be sent as they are made.

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).


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