Elizalde Tigre IV

Tigre IV
Preserved Elizalde Tigre.
Type Piston inline aero-engine
Manufacturer Elizalde SA.




The Elizalde Tigre IV, also known as the ENMA Tigre IV, is a Spanish four-cylinder inverted air-cooled engine designed and built by Elizalde SA shortly after the Spanish Civil War.[1]

Variants

Tigre IVA 
125 hp version.
Tigre IVB 
150 hp version.

Applications

Survivors

Approximately 30 ENMA Tigre IV engines remain airworthy in Britain (as of July 2009), all powering CASA 1.131 aircraft which are Spanish licensed-built versions of the Bücker Jungmann.[2]

Specifications (Tigre IVA)

ENMA Tigre IVB installed in a Jungmann biplane

Data from: Janes[3]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also


Comparable engines
Related lists

References

Notes

  1. Gunston 1989, p.54.
  2. G-INFO - UK CAA database Retrieved: 29 July 2009
  3. Janes 1998, p.299

Bibliography

  • Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London. Studio Editions Ltd, 1998. ISBN 0-517-67964-7
  • Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9
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