1/4 SCALE RC FIESELER STORCH FI 156 STOL – LAZER 330 V TWIN – CHRIS HARLE AT WESTON PARK – 2016

CHRIS HARLE DISPLAYING HIS RARELY MODELED FIESELER STORCH STOL AT THIS GREAT RC MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW AT WESTON PARK,

POWERED BY A LAZER 330 V TWIN PETROL / GAS ENGINE,
W/SPAN OF 12FT,
SCRATCH BUILT FROM PLANS,
FLOWN ON SPECTRUM RADIO,

The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (English: Stork) was a small German liaison aircraft built by Fieseler before and during World War II. Production continued in other countries into the 1950s for the private market. It remains famous for its excellent STOL performance;

In 1935, the RLM (Reichsluftfahrtministerium, Reich Aviation Ministry) invited tenders from several companies for a new Luftwaffe aircraft suitable for liaison, army co-operation (today called forward air control), and medical evacuation. This resulted in the Messerschmitt Bf 163 and Siebel Si 201 competing against the Fieseler firm’s tender. Conceived by chief designer Reinhold Mewes and technical director Erich Bachem, Fieseler’s design had a far better short take off and landing (“STOL”) performance. A fixed slat ran along the entire length of the leading edge of the long wings, while a hinged and slotted set of control surfaces ran along the entire length of trailing edge. This was inspired by earlier 1930s Junkers Doppelflügel, “double-wing” aircraft wing control surface design. For the Fi 156, this setup along each wing panel’s trailing edge was split nearly 50/50 between the inboard-located flaps and outboard-located ailerons, which themselves included trim tab devices over half of each aileron’s trailing edge length.

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