Recommendation to fit Wefco type gaiters to the road springs on all Goshawk 11 cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\3\ Scan138 | |
| Date | 10th August 1922 | |
| To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to W. c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to F. {Mr Friese} c. to EY. X4261 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 6/LG10.8.22. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. ROAD SPRINGS. X4261 We recommend that on all Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. cars we should fit gaiters to the road springs. We have three experimental cars fitted with gaiters and four without - the average results show that we get better average springing on those fitted with gaiters. We believe the latest shock absorber connections for the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) will prove reliable and will not wear. We would recommend that we use the Wefco type gaiters. We have fitted a considerable number of these to 40/50 chassis springs and they have proved successful. The gaiters would be the ordinary straight-forward spring gaiter and would not intend to enclose the spring shackles. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).