Goshawk 11 vacuum tank model, suggesting it is unnecessarily heavy and requesting comments on a lighter construction.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 40\3\ Scan010 | |
| Date | 12th January 1922 | |
| To Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X3595 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LG12.1.22. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. VACUUM TANK. X3595 We are sending to you a model of the R-R Vacuum Tank made for Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. We suggest that you will most probably wish to make this tank of lighter construction. It appears to us to be unnecessarily heavy. We should like to have your comments as soon as possible. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).