Sending a blueprint for the Goshawk disc crankshaft and requesting a report on its experimental performance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\3\ scan0293 | |
| Date | 10th October 1924 | |
| X4221 c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /C18/H. 10. 10. 24. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) DISC CRANKSHAFT. As requested in E2/M. 8.10.24. we send you herewith blueprint of E.53050 giving dimensions of the disc crankshaft which was tried out experimentally on the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). We are leaving it to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} to report to you in regard to the behaviour of this crankshaft in the engine. ,BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /C. | ||
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).