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).
Recommending a material change for broken aluminium packing pieces in the front springs of a Goshawk-11.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan291 | |
| Date | 25th May 1932 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. fre and BJ. c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} y4086 6/7-GOSHAWK-11. We attach copy of report we have received from Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} dated 23rd. inst. We have found on one of the cars that the aluminium packing pieces used in the front springs was broken in pieces. We recommend that this part should be made in another material. At present it is instructed in die-cast aluminium. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}7/LG25.5.32. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1804 | ||