Fieseler Fi 156 Storch

Super Scale Kit

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch M 1:4

Stainless steel tube sandblasted fuselage
Streamlined scale struts
Functional undercarriage and tail wheel
Aluminium Undercarriage fairings
Functional door
Stainless steel tube Motor Mount
Detailed Fibreglass cowling with accessories and stainless steel laser cut supports
Vacuum-formed exhaust manifold fairing
Fibreglass slats
Complete preformed and vacuum- formed windows with aluminium laser cut frames and 500 scale rivets

FEMA-Wheels
CNC-cut ribs and all plywood parts
All balsa sheets and block
Cedar and Obeche spars
Special Balsa-Fibreglass spars
Scale aileron and flap hinges
Carbon fibre tubes
Rolled colour plans
Building Manual
Screws and laser cut stainless steel accessories

Required for completion: covering material, glue, radio equipment and engine.

A few words about the full-size Fieseler Fi 156 Storch

In 1935, the RLM (Reichsluftfahrtministerium, Reich Aviation Ministry) put out a tender for a new Luftwaffe aircraft suitable for liaison, army co-operation (today called Forward Air Control), and medical evacuation.

Conceived by chief designer Reinhold Mewes and technical director Erich Bachem, Fieseler’s entry was by far the most advanced in terms of STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) performance. A fixed slat ran along the entire leading edge of the long wings, while the entire trailing edge, inspired by earlier 1930s Junkers “double-wing” aircraft wing control surface designs, including the ailerons, was a hinged and slotted flap. In a design feature rare for land-based aircraft, the wings on the Storch could be folded back along the fuselage allowing it to be carried on a trailer or even towed slowly behind a vehicle.

The long legs of the main landing gear contained oil-and-spring shock absorbers that compressed about 450 mm (18 inches) on landing, allowing the plane to set down almost anywhere. In flight they hung down, giving the aircraft the appearance of a very long-legged, big-winged bird, hence its nickname, Storch. With it’s very slow landing speed, especially in strong headwinds, the Storch often appeared as to to land vertically or even backwards.