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Dennis.Kirby(at)kirtland.
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 Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:04 pm Post subject: I have a Verner 1400 engine in a Mark III |
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Steve Simmons" asked: << Has anyone had a real engine failure that was caused by the design of the engine, or is the problem like a Chevy vs Ford. (eg Verner vs rotax?) >>
Hi, Steve – welcome to the Kolb List!
I also have a Mark-III which I originally built with a Verner-1400 engine. Long story short, the engine (purchased new) gave me severe problems. At 23 hours total time, I switched to a 912ul. The decision had nothing to do with brand preference. I just wanted an engine that worked as advertised, and was reliable. The Verner did not provide those attributes for me.
If you search the archives, you’ll find all the details that I posted in March 2005. But here is the two-sentence summary of my experience with the Verner: The engine had an unexplainable harmonic vibration that was causing the prop bolts to break after every 6 hours of engine runtime. Consistently. I contacted the engine distributor in Florida several times for help (probably the same fellow you are in contact with), but he had never heard of such a problem on that engine and could not offer a solution. After the third failure (of the prop bolts), I gave up. Distributor would not buy the engine back. So I sold it on Barnstormers (at a loss, of course) and purchased a used 912ul.
I guess there is a reason the Verner has not become a mainstream engine for light aircraft.
Feel free to contact me off-list, if you’d like more details of my experiences with the Verner engine. I hope you have better luck with the Verner than I did.
Regards –
Dennis Kirby
Cedar Crest, NM
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herbgh(at)nctc.com
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| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject: I have a Verner 1400 engine in a Mark III |
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Wooden prop? Herb
At 03:58 PM 6/16/2009, you wrote:
[quote]"Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Steve Simmons" asked: << Has anyone had a real engine failure that was caused by the design of the engine, or is the problem like a Chevy vs Ford. (eg Verner vs rotax?) >>
Hi, Steve – welcome to the Kolb List!
I also have a Mark-III which I originally built with a Verner-1400 engine. Long story short, the engine (purchased new) gave me severe problems. At 23 hours total time, I switched to a 912ul. The decision had nothing to do with brand preference. I just wanted an engine that worked as advertised, and was reliable. The Verner did not provide those attributes for me.
If you search the archives, you’ll find all the details that I posted in March 2005. But here is the two-sentence summary of my experience with the Verner: The engine had an unexplainable harmonic vibration that was causing the prop bolts to break after every 6 hours of engine runtime. Consistently. I contacted the engine distributor in Florida several times for help (probably the same fellow you are in contact with), but he had never heard of such a problem on that engine and could not offer a solution. After the third failure (of the prop bolts), I gave up. Distributor would not buy the engine back. So I sold it on Barnstormers (at a loss, of course) and purchased a used 912ul.
I guess there is a reason the Verner has not become a mainstream engine for light aircraft.
Feel free to contact me off-list, if you’d like more details of my experiences with the Verner engine. I hope you have better luck with the Verner than I did.
Regards –
Dennis Kirby
Cedar Crest, NM
Do not archive
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
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