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Fieseler Fi 156 Storch aircraft entered service with the Luftwaffe in 1937.
 
The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch is known for short take off and landing (STOL) abilities. In a slight breeze, it can take off in about 200 feet and land in about 70 feet.
 
Although the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch served in virtually every theatre occupied by the German army, it may best remembered as the plane used in the rescue of Benito Mussolini in the Gran Sasso Mountain range on September 12, 1943.
 
Pilots report the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch as a pleasant aircraft to fly. Cockpit visibility is excellent. The rear folding wings make storage possible in small spaces. Aileron response is positive with only a light touch needed. There is a wheel on the left side of the cockpit that controls the flaps. It takes of bit of strength to deploy the flaps in their full 70 degrees of range. However, for take off, generally 20 to 40 degrees is used. Starting the engine of the aircraft is a breeze, no matter the weather.
 
Variants of the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch were produced in France and Czechoslovakia through 1950.
 
Over 2,900 Fieseler Fi 156 Storch aircraft of all types were produced. Some twenty are still flying today, and are often seen at air shows.
 
 

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four
Argus As10C-3
240 hp
1,900 lbs.
2,900 lbs.
32' 9"
46' 9"
90 mph
110 mph
950 fpm
17,000 feet
230 miles
5/24/36
1937
 
Radio Control Airplane

 RC Fi-156 Storch from Uncle Willies Plans.
 
Radio Control Airplanes:
 
 
Pictured above is the  RC Fieseler Fi 156 Storch airplane from Uncle Willies Plans obtained through Kit Cutters. They have plans, short and full kits of radio control airplanes.  The rc airplane is 1/4 scale.  Wing span of the Fi 156 Storch rc airplane is 140" and length is 97". Recommended power for the RC Airplane is a Kritz Bully engine.
 
Uncle Willies Plans has a smaller version of the rc Fi 156 Storch radio control airplane.  That RC Airplane has a wing span of 93".
  
Kit Cutters also has Fi 156 Storch RC plans, a short or full kit for a 46.5" wing span radio control airplane from Nexus Plans. 
 
Aviomodelli has a 50% ARF RC Fi 156 Storch. The radio control airplane has a 82" wing span and a 55" length.  Materials used in the construction of the RC Airplane are all wood.  You can power the rc Fi 156 Storch with 7.5 to 10 cc two cycle or 10 to 15 cc four cycle engines. Weight of the RC Airplane should come out to about 11 lbs.  
 
Bob Holman has plans and short kits for the Fi 156 Storch rc airplane. These RC Airplanes come in two sizes.  The 70" wing span radio control airplane can be powered by .25 to .40 two cycle engines.  The 1/6 scale 94" wing span RC Airplane can be powered by .90 to .120 or G38 engines.  
 
The first picture below is of the 1/8 scale RC Fi 156 Storch ARF from BMI.  The RC Airplane has a 71" wing span and 43" length.
 
The second picture below is of Ed Newman's fantastic looking 1/4 scale Fi 156 Storch rc.
 
The last picture below is of the Fi 156 Storch RC from a kit by Espirit Model. The radio control airplane has a wing span of 52.5" and a length of 35.5".  Recommended power for the RC Airplane can come from a AXI 2808/24 or Hacker A30 28S motor. 
 
Is there a rc Fieseler Fi 156 Storch radio control airplane that you have built and would like to recommend?  Do you know of other plans, an arf, or kit of the Fi 156 Storch rc airplane?  If so, please email us.
 
Radio Control Airplane
RC Fi-156 Storch from BMI.
 
Radio Control Airplane

RC Fi-156 Storch built by Ed Newman.

Radio Control Airplane
 Fi-156 Storch RC from Espirit Model.