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).
The lack of an oil filler plug and the method for checking oil level on the Goshawk II gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M1\1\ img032 | |
| Date | 1st July 1921 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Ds. c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X4247 RE. GOSHAWK II - GEAR BOX. There is no Oil Filler Plug instructed for the Goshawk II Gear box. There is a plug on the top of the gear box which can be used for filling in oil but there is no means of seeing or knowing what the level of oil is in the gear box. A filler plug was shown on LeC.1333 but a note is on the drawing to say that it is going to be altered. We should like to know what method it is proposed to adopt to examine the level of oil in the Gear Box. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} R R.{Sir Henry Royce} 3358(100)S.H. 1765-10-12-20 G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 5068 | ||