LARGE SCALE RC FIESELER FI 156 STORCH DISPLAY AT WESTON PARK MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW – 201404:33

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 to this day for its excellent STOL performance; French-built later variants often appear at air shows. 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.
FILMED AT WESTON PARK RC MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW SPONSORED BY NEXUS MODELS – WESTON PARK – WESTON UNDER LIZARD – NEAR SHIFNAL – SHROPSHIRE – TF11 8LE ENGLAND – 3 MILES OFF M54 / JUNCTION 3 – 8 MILES OFF M6 / JUNCTION 12, 8 MILES FROM TELFORD, OVER THE WEEKEND OF JUNE 14th & 15th 2014,