Request for an experiment on the magneto drive for Goshawk 11, Swallow, and Neptune engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\2\ scan0168 | |
| Date | 15th December 1921 | |
| X4327 To. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. to CJ. c. to EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X.4327 c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X.3581 X.3582 R4/M15.12.21. MAGNETO DRIVE - Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. Swallow(Experimental 3rd LINE MODEL 12/15hp 2-3 seater) and Neptune. With respect to the scheme of driving the magneto through the dynamo, we want to know whether the dynamo is going to be effective in preventing the magneto causing the dynamo to over-run and rattle the gearing driving them, should the gearing be fitted with back lash as we hope it will allow. I should like you to make an experiment at once. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).