I'm confused (as usual) about the various -tiger branded engines. I have seen mentioned on the forums and in magazines the Super-Tiger, the Thunder-Tiger, and the Aero-Tiger. Are they all different engines from different manufacturers? I noticed that many of the high scoring flyers at VSC used an engine called an Aero-Tiger 36. What is this engine and is it commercially available?
Thanks for any help and explanations.
All are different. The Super Tigre (re) was/is made in Italy/China. Very old engine company and some of the ST's are icons in the stunt world, especially the 46 and small case 60. The "newer" G-51 is a great stunt engine in it's own right.
Thunder Tiger is a different company, made in Taiwan, IIRC, and makes a lot of mainly R/C type engines.
The Aero Tiger 36 is based on a Thunder Tiger 36 case. Randy Smith sells those which he fits with a new sleeve/piston of his design, does whatever else he does, and mainly transforms it into a killer CLPA engine! I believe that Henry Nelson makes the parts for Randy which are about as good as one can get. It runs completely different from the stock Thunder Tiger 36, and is a super friendly engine to use with PLENTY of usuable power.