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).
New inverted arrangement for the Goshawk 11 rear shock absorber.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\H\April1922\ Scan29 | |
| Date | 20th April 1922 | |
| TO BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} C. to OJ. C. to TOT. C. to HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (Le CanadelHenry Royce's French residence.)✓ ORIGINAL. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}1/M20.4.22. 2. GOSHAWK 11. SHOCK ABSORBER. X4829 As promised we send herewith N.sch. 1254 shewing the rear shock absorber in the inverted position, that is, with the ball end on the axle attached to the spring pad so that it is not affected by the thickness of the spring and the connecting rod in tension on the bump. It will be seen that this arrangement entirely prevents the possibility of toggling in addition to the advantage referred to above in connection with various thicknesses of springs. We send this in case the arrangement shewn on N. sch. 1252 is found in any way to be unsuitable but we think that this method should be adhered to for the present, as the scheme shewn on 1254 is somewhat of a radical departure. We should like to point out that the ball end shewn on thelever on N. sch. 1252 is also suitable for use with the front shock absorber lever by slightly setting the latter. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||