The Armstrong Siddeley Tiger was a British 14-cylinder air-cooled aircraft

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developed by Armstrong Siddeley in the 1930s from their

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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.Gunston 1989, p.18.

Applications

* Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19 *

Armstrong Whitworth AW.23 The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.23 was a prototype bomber/transport aircraft produced to List of Air Ministry specifications, specification C.26/31 for the United Kingdom, British Air Ministry by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. While it was not select ...

Armstrong Whitworth A.W.29 The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.29 was a British bomber aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Design and development It was built to satisfy Air Ministry specification P. 27/32, which was for a single-engined long-range day bomber. The A ...

Armstrong Whitworth Ensign The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27 Ensign was a British four-engine monoplane airliner and the largest airliner built in Britain during the Interwar period.Tapper, 1988, p.237 The British airline Imperial Airways requested tenders for a large monop ...

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley was a British medium bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was one of three twin-engined, front line medium bomber types that were in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the outbreak of the Second World ...

* Blackburn B-6 *

Blackburn B-7 The Blackburn B-7 was a single-engine two/three-seat biplane built to a United Kingdom, British Air Ministry specification for a general-purpose, multitasking aircraft. It first flew in 1934, but no contracts were issued and only one aircraft w ...

Blackburn Shark The Blackburn Shark was a carrier-borne torpedo bomber designed and built by the British aviation manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was originally known as the Blackburn T.S.R., standing for ''torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance'', in reference to ...

* Blackburn Ripon * Fairey G4/31 *

Handley Page H.P.51 The Handley Page H.P.51 was a monoplane conversion of the earlier, unsuccessful biplane bomber-transport aircraft, the Handley Page H.P.43. The Air Ministry ordered the production variant off the drawing board as the Handley Page H.P.54 Harro ...

* Short Calcutta

Engines on display

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

Specifications (Tiger VIII)

References

Notes

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

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