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).
Cracked radiator gusset plate discovered during a Goshawk 11 chassis bumping test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\4\ scan0177 | |
| Date | 1st December 1921 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} R.R. 235B (100(S.HTOS. 10-21) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2948) c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [Handwritten at top] X 4240 [Stamped and struck through] COPY. [Watermark] MADE AT CROXLEY Hsl/LG7.12.21. GOSHAWK 11. BUMPING TEST [Handwritten over text: X4260 (struck through) X4240] Fixing for Radiator. We find on the second chassis which was run on the Bump Test for 7 hours before the frame broke at the bumb iron, that the gusset plate which carries the radiator has cracked similar to those which we have already sent to Mr. Royce. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||