Armstrong Siddeley Tiger Explained

The Armstrong Siddeley Tiger was a British 14-cylinder air-cooled aircraft radial engine developed by Armstrong Siddeley in the 1930s from their Jaguar engine. The engine was built in a number of different versions but performance and dimensions stayed relatively unchanged. The Tiger VIII was the first British aircraft engine to use a two-speed supercharger.^{[1] [2]}

Applications

• Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19
• Armstrong Whitworth AW.23
• Armstrong Whitworth A.W.29
  • Armstrong Whitworth Ensign Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
• Blackburn B-6
• Blackburn B-7
• Blackburn Shark
• Blackburn Ripon
• Fairey G4/31
  • Handley Page H.P.51 Short Calcutta

Engines on display

A preserved Armstrong Siddeley Tiger is on display at the Science Museum (London).

References

Bibliography

• Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989.
• Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

External links

• Oldengine.org

Notes and References

1. Lumsden 2003, p.78.
2. Gunston 1989, p.18.