Goshawk radiator fixing with set-up springs, including instructions on frame riveting and the design of gusset plates.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\3\ scan0332 | |
| Date | 4th January 1922 | |
| To Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to CJ. c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to EY. c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X.4260 E1/M4.1.22. X.4240 X.4260 - GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) RADIATOR FIXING WITH SET-UP SPRINGS. We send you herewith drawing No.LeC.1512 shewing the above. Particulars of the springs are given on the drawing. The frame is shewn riveted in accordance with Mr. Royce's instructions that we should try riveting the frame throughout. The joggle in the gusset plates mentioned by Mr. Hives during his last visit to West Wittering(Henry Royce's home town) is only a partial joggle and is not due to a change of level in the layers of frame jointing, but is due to the profile of the frame in side elevation not agreeing with the face of the radiator and is unavoidable, without some considerable change in the design. Mr. Royce sees no objection to the gusset plates in their present form. E | ||
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).