Steve Wolf Talks About His Experience with the Verner 9S on the Samson Mite
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- čas přidán 7. 11. 2018
- We took a quick trip down to Loves Landing in Weirsdale, FL to visit Steve Wolf and his Samson Mite project.
After watching some flights, Sam asked Steve a few questions about his experiences with flying and building aircraft, as well as what his experience has been like, now that he's put some time on his Verner Scarlett 9S engine. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
I’ve turned 50 - never thought I could fly ... after watching this I’ve decided Now is the time to Do iT !!!
41 same boat. Kitfox is my choice
A year later, did you do it? I learned to fly at 53.
I started at 46. Never looked back. 60 now.
I’m learning! Taking baby steps
@@davecalico3273 best to do it in as compressed a time scale as you can. If u do a lesson here and another a month later you won't get there. Get a loan and do it in 3 weeks.
My love of aviation began as a small boy when I was given a book titled "the Little Aeroplane" by someone named Lois Lenski and I am looking at the now careworn old book wrapped in protective plastic resting in front of me on my computer desk more than sixty years later.
I used to ask my Dad to take me to see planes just about every time he took my late Brother and I for custody sessions.
If he agreed he usually took us to the nearest General Aviation airfield where an agricultural outfit operated DeHavilland Beavers.
From that time on I have especially loved the sound of big radial aero engines and always will.
On one occasion in the 1960's I was wandering around the apron relishing all the delectable sights and sounds when I noticed that the main doors to one of the aforementioned ag company hangars were open and sitting inside like a dream come true was a dilapidated looking P51 Mustang.
The place was unattended presenting an opportunity I couldn't resist so I shot into that hangar and up into the cockpit like the weasel in the old Disney cartoons.
Though I was quite young at the time I can clearly recall the cockpit interior including a black Bakelite knob for fuel selection on the floor between the rudder pedals.
Some years later I learned that the P51 was one of several returned to rudimentary 'provisional airworthiness' subject to 'special dispensation' from the Australian Civil Aviation Authority and salvaged from a remote airstrip at a disused nuclear test site.
I learned to fly at my own expense at that same airfield as a teenager in the 1970's and watching Steve Wolf relate his story everything he had to say was as compatible with me as it could get.
This guy is 69 or 70 years old in this video? I guess aviation is the fountain of youth! Amazing!
Well done with the engine. It sounds like a radial should. Please pass on my best to Steve. We go back to his Pitts days at Henley Aerodrome in Athol, Idaho, and I haven’t seen him for many years.
Mr.Wolf hit the nail on the head, Round engines have soul, flat engines drone on
Exactly my sentiments about the Rotec vs the Verner. The first time I heard a Rotec fly (a friend's Pietenpol) I disliked it. Sounded like an automotive engine---geared too highly and they have had some serious reliability issues. The Verner is a wonderful engine. Fantastic interview. Thank you for posting.
I’d like to put a Verner 9 in a Luscombe with a bump cowl like that. Steve is first rate all the way. Did my Pitts checkout with him last fall. Hands down the best instructor I’ve ever flown with!
Ah, the dream of *every* Luscombe owner 😄
After flying Stearmans for 20 years, the Redial sort of grows on you! I sure miss poking holes in the sky!
I was in France the lucky owner of a Pitts S2B i loved flying so much, when i look at this Simson, i see nothing else but a master piece,
CONGRATS STEVE 👍👍👍
Beautiful bird!
Steve is an outstanding ambassador for Verner! He’s obviously smart, has extensive aviation experience, uses only highest quality materials and methods AND is This enthusiastic about Verner. I would trust his opinion on any aviation subject 😎🎩♠️💙
The man is a great salesman that's for sure. Now I want one too... LOL
Great interview - thanks for sharing
Nice guy's , wow ! I just love his accomplishments , his plane is too die for . 😎
Very nice video...enjoyed it very much!
One of days going over to Louisville Kentucky, someone has a Waco, they fly over my house ,have a mess of hours in a stearman ,boy what excitement, my dad had a Luscomb, the radial engine has a feel and sound
Steve gave my first open cockpit ride in a Travel air in Pendleton Or.
Excellent video. Thank you for posting. Oops, I think I just subscribed!
Steve you’re One of a Kind! I remember when I was flying with you last you were saying Samson has just the two ailerons on the bottom wing. Can the Samsonmite be built with the second pair of ailerons on the top wing?
That engine on a Rans S-21 would look great
Pumping gas at the corner station the other day when I heard a radial aircraft approaching. It turned out to be a B-29. What a sound! Me and the guy at the next pump stopped what we were doing to watch it go right in front of us. A nod and a grin.
Really great interview ... thank you! When will Samson Mite plans be available? ;)
I could listen to this guy for hours, bet he has some neat stories.
I would like to know also!
Be still my heart...I love this guy! I've always loved the Round Sound also. When he made the Ricka-ticka-ticka-ticka sound during the interview I had to laugh! With the problems builders and flyer's have been reporting with Rotec, Scarlett has to be the all round, ( get the pun ) better engine. The importance of Direct Drive can't be overlooked, ( obvious better performance ).
Not necessarily obviously better performance. Geared engines can allow a more optimal prop to be used for a given airplane. It really depends on a whole host of factors. Blanket statements are seldom accurate.
I'm sold on Verner, and I believe this video cemented my Final decision. I was unimpressed with the Rotex radials. To Manybad stories and the sound just isn't there. I fell in love with radials as a child. Born and raised in Bakersfield I couldn't watch enough crop dusters. I was even able to catch rides for free aboard several aircraft. And the power from a radials torque is unequaled by any other aircraft engine. Until I discovered Verner, I was convinced that I would have to go with a rebuild or a Russian engine. So far this has been one of the best Verner reviews I've seen and they've all been great, when compared to Rotex radials.
I've seen several reports of new Rotex engines with parts from used engines! And rotex customer support would refuse to replace with new parts. Plus your paying shipping to & from Australia should any warranty problems occur, which had a high incident rate of returns for factory service.
Please don't fall into the error that you and others have made ! ROTEX are from Austria and make first class engines for many uses and ROTAC are from Australia and seem to be some sort of Designed there and were going to be good thing until the orginal designer/owner sold the rights and the manafacture went to China and were done down to a price over quality requirement type of build from the 70/80's era then shipped to Aus and then on to new owners without the crate's even being opened ! - back up seemed non existant or at least the sort you would expect to get from someone with no or at best little engine experiance and certainly none in the aviation world ! - Search ROTAC Engine failures in You Tube and you will find lots of information here !
ROTEX = EXCELLENT ROTAC = NASTY CHEAP NOT FIT FOR A LAWN MOWER ! (Well posssibly a very cheap lawn mower)
It's Rotax and Rotec. Like Smart feller and Fart smeller
@@sp769 Yeh ! I noticed my typo after I hit the Button ! - The info is still there though ! Cheers !
"2 wings and a round engine" being the right way to fly is like how 8 cylinders turning the rear wheels with a lever and third pedal to choose gears between is the right way to drive. You either get it or you don't.
nice radial engine
The Rotec has questionable quality issues as well. There is some scary stuff out there regarding that company.
Only thing questionable here my boy is your fake channel with zero contents!
How does channel content legitimize any comment.
@@tomrisar5492 Since the guy in question seems to have also been "fake" with no content, I went ahead and reported him for harassment.
@@chipcity3016 Without you being vulgar (if that's possible for you) please address the lack quality of Rotec engine shown in this video... czcams.com/video/LlPtMVijIzs/video.html
@@chipcity3016 I see that you have ZERO content also and are using a fake name. Seems to me that you are a shill for Rotec, would your name be Paul Chernikeeff by any chance?
Is the oil tank still hung way under the lower engine cylinder or have the designers change this?
Steve, how would this engine handle snaps/gyroscopic maneuvers on a Pitts or Skybolt. I noticed in the other video the crank flange has lightening holes. You compare it to the O-360, would it have enough power for a Skybolt with two people?
i like his career path. boy, did i make the wrong choices!
Wow, it sounds like a 985.
Did he use an exhaust collector ring on this? I spoke with ScaleBirds at Oshkosh this year and they told me a collector ring was in the works. I am wanting to build a full size Sopwith Camel and this is the engine that I am hoping to use.
Yes, Steve put together his exhaust with a collector ring. A 9S would be great on a Camel!
@Ray Darden Watch the video "Rotec Radial Engine Failures".
@@Love2FlyKAP That is the EXACT video that brought me to Verner!
D 18 mini!!
Is it possible to use a constant speed prop with this engine?
The Scarlett series doesn't have a pass thru for hydraulic constant speed props. Electric may be possible, the current engine management system doesn't account for a constant speed. But there are some options we have been looking into.
I'd be interested in that. And a supercharger for higher altitude.
6 gph at low cruise? That's not upsetting at all!
WHEN YOU SAY "The sound wasn't quite there", Did you mean that the Rotec engine frequently quit on you, mid-air? Apparently happens often with these Rotec engines.
Tribulation Prepper what would you know dick head? Suggest folks go tap on this morons icon, take a look at his fake account.
@@chipcity3016 Stick to the facts and delete the personal abuse eh.
@@chipcity3016 Without you being vulgar (if that's possible for you) please address the lack quality of Rotec engine shown in this video... czcams.com/video/LlPtMVijIzs/video.html
Rotecs have had many failures and the company owner is abusive and does not stand behind his product.
Could I run this motor in a kitfox 7
Ask John McBean if he would be interested in supporting your build... I bet he would!!!
This engine is not available from the factory at the moment.
"ROTEC SUCKS!" "Buy a VERNER!" "ROTEC is murder!" "CRASH!"
More torque is better for a draggy biplane.
The Rotec is just an inferior engine in every way.
HDaviator Rotec manufactures the greatest boat anchor ever made .
I've been following Rotec for years & I'm horrified by the recent scandals.
@@larrygreen8912 no, not even... there are better anchors... such a shame , and a disgrace to Australian aviation.
Magnesium turned me off...
What is wrong with magnesium?
Proper magnesium alloy choice with good casting is lighter and more rigid than aluminum.
Starting one on fire requires prolonged heat and proper chemical balances, that generally don't happen in a simple accident.
The first thing you do with a Verner radial is hide under a deep cowl and a huge spinner. They are just so ugly to look at.
Some other facts.
This is currently the prototype 9 cylinder and the only flying in the US.
The engine has just one ignition system and one plug per cylinder, has plastic intake pipes that run so close to the exhaust pipes, plastic CAM followers, an after market EFI system giving problems, messy electronic ignition with many individual coils and associated spaghetti wiring,
Relatively expensive and does not include required items. with little warranty,
Manufacture only speaks in Czech.
I've done my research. If you were take a look under the cowl of this aircraft you'd be shocked with all the mess.
Steve is obviously a novice with no idea what he's doing. Thank God you're there to save him from himself........
One coil per cylinder is a superior ignition system, a coil failure only affects the one cylinder. What 'plastic' are the cam followers made of?
C-Level - you claim Verner uses "plastic" intake tubes, but in this video Steve says the intake tubes are carbon fiber - a far cry from "plastic". Why the bias? czcams.com/video/StTd3MwGnuc/video.html&t=794
Looks like paul rotec has another account
@@dand579 Dude's apparently hung up on an engine manufacturer that, by video evidence on another channel, seems to have sold an engine as new... containing parts that preceded an engineering change done 10 years ago. Went ahead and personally attacked a couple of Rotec naysayers just here, too. Doesn't seem to grasp that shilling for a company in this manner starts to look really BAD for them....