Modifying the Goshawk II front cross member after a breakage during a bump test.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\H\November1921\ Scan57 | |
| Date | 18th November 1931 | |
| TO BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} Copy to GJ. HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} STAMP: ORIGINAL STAMP: RECEIVED STAMP: NOV 18 31 R6/G16/11/21. RE "GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II". X4219 Regarding the front cross member of the "Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II" owing to the breakage of one of the suspending tubes on the bump test, we have decided to put in a balancing beam behind the front cross member. This would deepen it in the middle, and modify a few of the parts belonging to the starting handle. Particulars of these we hope to send you within the next two days. R. {Sir Henry Royce} making the engine and gearbox suspension truly 3 point. | ||
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).