Rolls-Royce Archives
         « Prev  Box Series  Next »        

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).
Broken spoke on a Dunlop wire wheel fitted to a Goshawk 11.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\I\September1922\  Scan22
Date  18th September 1922
  
To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from R.{Sir Henry Royce}

c. to CU. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}:
c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} ROY.{Sir Henry Royce}

R3/M18.9.22.

RE. DUNLOP WIRE WHEELS. X3599

I pointed out to Mr. Bailey that we had a broken spoke on No.4.Goshawk 11., caused by the bend in the spoke near the hub. Rudge-Whitworth have not this fault, and Dunlops must do without bending the spoke as it is an obvious source of weakness.

R.{Sir Henry Royce}
  
  


Copyright Sustain 2025, All Rights Reserved.    whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble
An unhandled error has occurred. Reload 🗙