Discouraging the use of thick oil in gearboxes and back axles, citing handling difficulties in a cold Goshawk.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\M\October1924-December1924\ Scan41 | |
| Date | 1st November 1924 | |
| TO HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ) FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} [HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} is struck through and 'ER' is handwritten below it] ORIGINAL R6/M29. 11. 24. X4219 [Handwritten and struck through] V3591 [Handwritten and struck through] I should discourage the use of thick oil in gearboxes and back axles. The brown Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) which has come here is extremely difficult to handle when it is cold in the morning. Where the gearbox was filled I do not know. This car is 4. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 2. R. {Sir Henry Royce} [Initial 'HAR' is handwritten next to it] | ||
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).