Elizalde Tigre IV

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Tigre IV
Elizalde Tigre.jpg
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]

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Variants / Designations

Tigre IVA
93 kW (125 hp) version.
Tigre IVB
110 kW (150 hp) version.
Tigre G-IV A
IVA / G-4 (L)-00-125
Tigre G-IV A2
IVA / G-4 (L)-00-125
Tigre G-IV A5
Tigre G-IV B
IVB / G-4 (L)-00-150
Tigre G-IV B5
Tigre G-4 (L)-00-125
IVA / G-IV A
Tigre G-4 (L)-00-150
IVB / G-IV B

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]

Approximately 30 Tigre G-IV B engines are under restoration by the company Air Res Aviation located in Poland. The engines will be mainly intended for Bu-131 Jungmann's airplanes restored by Air Res Aviation. [3]

Specifications (Tigre IVA)

ENMA Tigre IVB installed in a Jungmann biplane ENMATigre.JPG
ENMA Tigre IVB installed in a Jungmann biplane

Data from: Janes [4]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

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References

Notes

  1. Gunston 1989, p.54.
  2. G-INFO - UK CAA database Retrieved: 29 July 2009
  3. Strona firmy Air Res Aviation Sp. z o.o.
  4. Janes 1998, p.299

Bibliography

  • Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1989). Jane's fighting aircraft of World War II (1995 ed.). New York: Military Press. ISBN   0-517-67964-7.
  • Gunston, Bill (1989). World encyclopaedia of aero engines (Fully rev. 2nd ed.). Wellingborough: P. Stephens. ISBN   1-85260-163-9.
  • Motor de Aviacion Tigre (.pdf) (in Spanish). Empresa Nacional de Motores de Aviacion SA. 1954. Retrieved 10 February 2017.