Verner 3V

[leshoman]

Great news, just receive word the Verner 3V is back in production. Scale Birds is the place to contact for info or ordering

[DA Miller]

Les, I went to Scale Birds and their web site said "on hold" for both the 3 and 5. Did I miss something?

[leshoman]

I received notification this week the 3V and small 5V are back in production

[IflyHG]

Both Scalebirds and Verner's web pages still say on hold but I suspect they have not been updated.  Both are small operations so it is not surprising that the websites are not updated the instant something changes.

[Chuck in Indiana]

From feces book..
Orders must be received via email by end of business Monday, August 1.  Deposits (40% of $8,800) must be paid by end of business on Wednesday, August 3.  It is currently unknown if/when another batch will be available for purchase. 
Myers Aviation Contact:
Ted Myers
Owner/Director of Maintenance
Ted.MyersAviation@gmail.com
Cell 573-418-1256
Shop 573-826-2520
Nicole Myers
Owner/Accounts Manager
Nicole.MyersAviation@gmail.com
Cell 573-469-1902
Shop 573-826-2520

[Brock]

I have a 3VLA (pictured below) on order.  Does anyone have a picture of a mount for this engine?

[Chuck in Indiana]

I've not seen one yet.

[Chuck in Indiana]

I've cut *many* spark plugs apart to check fuel burn with various jetting. It is perfect at cruise, and weighing pounds of fuel at fill up averages 2.65 gph. I thought 2 gph on a carburated engine was awfully low.
My old friend Matco Man once told me, "salesmen have a license to lie."  

[Brock]

Hi Chuck,
I read where you mounted your 3V 3" high for prop clearance and that you recommend future 3V installations to move the engine back a few inches for CG (on the XL).  This brings up some questions...

Q: Instead of raising up the engine 3" could the landing gear have been extended 3"?  I'm a bit OCD and would like to mount the engine centered in the firewall.  Ha, doubt I'd care if it was a 1/2 VW.

Q: There realy does not seems to be any practical means to move the firewall back a few inches.  So is the only solution to let the carb stick through the firewall?  Have you calculad how many inches would be best (for your XL)?

Q: Is canting the mount something that you (others) are doing to offset torque?

[Chuck in Indiana]

I *did* extend the gear along with raising the thrust line. A 67" prop needs some serious clearance. A couple of inches should do the engine/firewall move, whether you shorten the distance to station 1 (shouldn't be a problem unless you have really long legs,) or stick the carb through the firewall inside a box. As far as I know, nobody has used down or left thrust on the engine. I *did* build in some eyeballed change on the vertical stab to counteract P factor/torque. I've always said I'd rather be lucky than good.. Bullet cruises feet off.