A
throttle-type four-
stroke engine (100) that has the following features: at least one
combustion chamber (13); an
inlet channel (21) with one end (17) connected to a
combustion chamber (13) and the other end (21a) not connected to the
combustion chamber (13); a
throttle valve (33) which is provided inside the
inlet channel (21) and is configured to adjust the amount of air drawn into the
combustion chamber (13); a
throttle valve
position detector (42) that detects a position of the throttle valve (33); an
inlet pressure detector (43) that detects an
inlet pressure in the
inlet channel (21) between the throttle valve (33) and the
combustion chamber (13); a
fuel supply device (50) configured to supply fuel to the
combustion chamber (13); and a control device (60) configured to control the
fuel supply device (50) according to signals from the throttle valve
position detector (42) and the
inlet pressure detector (43), wherein, if four strokes, defined by a
piston position and comprising an intake
stroke as the start
stroke, a compression stroke, an expansion stroke and an exhaust stroke as the final stroke, are defined as a combustion cycle, the control device (60) is further configured in at least part of a low-load operating period, when a
signal from the inlet pressure
detector (43) fluctuates significantly in the combustion cycle, to estimate the amount of air drawn into the combustion chamber (13) within one combustion cycle or to determine the required amount of fuel for the next combustion cycle, according to: the inlet pressure in the compression stroke, which is recorded in the compression stroke where the inlet pressure shows an increasing tendency; the position of the throttle valve in the compression stroke, which is detected in the compression stroke; and a subsequent position of the throttle valve, which is detected at a time in the same combustion cycle and after a time when the position of the throttle valve is detected in the compression stroke, and when the
intake pressure is higher than the
intake pressure at the time when the position of the throttle valve is detected in the compression stroke, and to control the
fuel supply device (50) to supply fuel prior to combustion in the next combustion cycle based on the estimated amount of air or the determined required amount of fuel.