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).
Requesting information on a fractured Goshawk 11 front axle to understand the cause of failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\4\ Scan117 | |
| Date | 13th December 1921 | |
| X4263 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} R.R. 128(Rev.) (S.H. 10m. 12-19) E.S.2048 D1/M13.12.21. X.4263 - GOSHAWK 11. FRONT AXLE. We are getting a new axle ready but I think we ought to have if possible some information that the fracture of the first axle is not accidental, or due to some defect in the material. Are there any signs for instance of other axles going in the same place or have you had an axle stand up on the bumping rig for a considerably longer time then this one did. Any information that you could give us would be very useful to us at the present momeent. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||