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).
Requesting confirmation on carburetter float specifications for the Goshawk II engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5\4\ 04-page073 | |
| Date | 19th August 1922 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BY/Shn. c. to RTT. c. to JA/DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions} c. to RHK. U.W. X4228 BY/Shnl/DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}19.8.22. RE "GOSHANK II" - CARBURETTER. Will you kindly confirm that the lighter float weighing 1.250 ounces is found most suitable with the lower petrol level. - 1.250 from top of float chamber. Your last instruction gave the heavier float to E.50965 as 1.72 ounces. BY/Shn. | ||