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).
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/C18/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 10. 10. 24. GOSHAWK DISC CRANKSHAFT. As requested in E2/M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} 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. 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/C. | ||