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).
Proposed modifications to the Goshawk 11 front shock absorber.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 79\2\ scan0019 | |
| Date | 10th April 1922 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to CJ. c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X4329 Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}2/M10.4.22. GOSHAWK 11. SHOCK ABSORBER. X.4329. Please receive No. N.sch.1251 shewing the modif- ications proposed to the front shock absorber in orderto obtain in the first case a more flexible spring, and in the second case a spring which will give a load of roughly 35 lbs. without being overstressed. It will be seen that we propose that the hole in the side channel which is already there should be slightly increased and the spring should protrude through it. This will help to make the bolt head-accessible. It will be also observed that the aluminium base has been slightly increased and the central boss modified to suit the new arrangement. We have also provided on the bolt a stop which prevents the spring being bolted up choc-a-bloc. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||