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).
Blue prints for the grinding of gears for the Goshawk II gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\1\ scan0315 | |
| Date | 4th August 1922 | |
| To:- Mr. Coverley. c.c. Mr. Swift. c.c. Mr. Broome. c. EWC. c. WD.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} X4543 BY/TWD{T. W. D???Aeith}2/GMK 4./8./22. X.4543. 'GOSHAWK II'. GEAR BOX. SECTIONS 6040: 6050, & 6070: RE. GRINDING OF GEARS: Please receive herewith 1 blue print of each of the following pieces :- Sec.6040. G.50.849 - 2nd.& 3rd.Speed Sliding Gear. 1 off. Sec.6050. G.50.850 - 2nd.Speed Gear. 1 off. Sec.6050. G.51.046 - 1st.& Reverse Sliding Gear. 1 off. Sec.6050. G.51.047 - 1st.Speed Wheel. 1 off. Sec.6070. G.51.048 - Reverse Pinion. 1 off. Sec.6050. G.51.049 - 2nd.Motion Shaft: 1 off. Sec.6040. G.51.050 - 3rd.Motion Shaft: 1 off. Three sets of each of the above pieces were instructed under cover of memo - BY/C11/P.29/8/22., to be produced under experimental number X.4543: We also send one blue print of each of the above to Mr. Broome, together with a copy of this memo. The above drawings have been produced in order that the teeth on the Gears, and the Splines on the Shafts, may be finished ground to size, and material has been left on the sides & bottom of the teeth & Splines for this purpose. BY/TWD.{T. W. D???Aeith} RECEIVED | ||