Fieseler Fi 156 Storch

[icarus]

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch we started today fsx native sdk version, who like it?

http://www.airbum.com/pireps/PirepStorchFence.jpg

http://www.airbum.com/pireps/PirepStorch.html

[Francois]

I love it !!! Good choice ! :applause:

[grunau_baby]

:applause:WOW, your choice of aircraft is most excellent!!! Can´t wait for this one!

Alex

[Whitehawk]

Now that's something I've been wishing for in FSX!

[icarus]

so seems was a good idea....then i will make also the gunner version.

[HenryW]

Yes, count me in, AND the Duck, please:jump:

[icarus]

yes of course the duck is on the way.

[JoeW]

I really liked Piglets version of this for FS9. Yes ............ Yes... Yes..

[stiz]

so seems was a good idea....then i will make also the gunner version.

deffinitly!! been wanting this little oddball since Piglet did his FS9 one years ago :applause: :applause: :applause:

[icarus]

an original way to check storch's engine

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/2/8/4/1070482.jpg

[robcap]

Yep interesting! Good choice.

R.

[Roger]

Great choice:applause:

[Mithrin]

Cool plane, good for low and slow!

[huub vink]

Definitely a great choice. The Storch has been used through-out the war and has seen every theatre of war the Germans and Italians were involved in.

Looking forward to this one!

Huub

[RyanJames170]

a storch sounds sweet
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[Marvin Carter]

You have made me the Happiest person here, it is my most favorite plane.
Great choice
http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss241/Marvin-56/20080524_347.jpg
Marvin Carter

[Henry]

Yup i concur with that also :applause::applause::applause:
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[6297J]

This could be my first Icarus purchase :ernae:

[icarus]

http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/rr198/icarusgold/20080524_347.jpg

i have on my references all infos about this...but just because i am busy with new skins of the dragon and can't open more programs...the two level at left and right of the center panel what are used for? i don't remember now and the part written is not so visible.

[Matt Wynn]

left side looks like flaps the way its marked and locks in 4 positions, the right i'm not sure of.....

[icarus]

infact the right is my doubt.

[icarus]

perhaps fuel selector? i see on L 0 AND R ...left - right

[Antoninus]

Great choice indeed. I love the Fi-156.

If I read it correctly the label above the lever seems to say "tankschaltung", so indeed the fuel tank selection.

[Marvin Carter]

The one on the left is the fuel tank selector, the one on the right is the Valve accumulator adjustment lever.
Marvin Carter

[icarus]

ok thanks marvin

[yago9]

Excellent choice.

[icarus]

there will be a particular attention to storch's vc...and on flight dynamics...this can take some time to release but it deserves(it could have short landing and take off)

after more skins for the dragon that should be out this week end we will release grumman duck

[lucas81]

The lever on the left is a fuel selector, the one on the right is called "Ventilbatteriehebel" in German. I hope that Alex, Tim or Bjoern can help here.
Flaps are manually retracted, look on the chain and handle on the left side of the cockpit.

[HenryW]

we will release grumman duck

Will you please release with this paint? :jump:

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/Wyrneh/Ars/j2f5me5.jpg

[icarus]

oh yes i liked it a lot..i missed this...thanks...will be done for sure

[icarus]

The lever on the left is a fuel selector, the one on the right is called "Ventilbatteriehebel" in German. I hope that Alex, Tim or Bjoern can help here.
Flaps are manually retracted, look on the chain and handle on the left side of the cockpit.

ok thanks for those infos...i am adding all to our notes, will be added when we start virtual cockpit.

[huub vink]

According to the Storch manual the left lever is the "Raste für Brandhahnschaltung" and the lever on the rights site should be the "Raste für Ventilbatterieschaltung".

Something more about the Brandhahnschaltung:
"Bemerkung: Dieser Hebel diente zur Schaltung der Filter-Brandhahn-Armatur. Er hatte die Stellungen „Zu“, „P1“, „P2“, „P1+P2“. Im Gerätebrett war eigentlich nur das Rastenblech eingebaut; der Hebel selbst war am Rumpfgestänge gelagert. Die einzelnen Rastenstellungen waren mit „BrH zu“ in rot, „P1“, „P2“, „P1+P2“ in gelb beschriftet; der Hebelknauf war aus rotbraunem Kunststoff namens „Trolon"."

and something more about the Ventilbatterieschaltung:
"Bemerkung: Mit diesem Hebel wurde zwischen den beiden Kraftstoff- Ventilbatterien umgeschaltet. Im Gerätebrett war eigentlich nur das Rastenblech eingebaut; der Hebel selbst war am rechten Rumpfgestänge gelagert. Die beiden Rastenstellungen waren mit „R“ und „L“ in gelb beschriftet; ferner war der Hebelknauf gelb gestrichen."

I guess the left switch was to switch a between different settings on the carburettor and the knob was made from red plastic. The switch on the left was most probably the fuel tank selector to switch between the left and right tank.
But I'm afraid my technical German is not good enough to give a proper translation. But perhaps some of our German members can do a proper translation.

BTW the French Stochs didn't have these levers!

Cheers,
Huub

[Lionheart]

I too am a Storch lover.

Great plane.

There are some superb YouTube movies on this plane. Search through YouTube and you will find them.

There is one where the Storch is at an airshow before the war. It appears in the air to almost be hovering, and the pilot uses full rudder in both directions and appears to be driving slowly through the sky turning back and fourth. He then comes down for a very slow, soft landing.

The landing gear is quite amazing. The plane can almost drop out of the sky onto the gear and with no issues or damage, as the landing gear will collapse some huge amount of distance. If you watch one land hard, you'll see the landing gear collapse a good distance and spring back a bit.

Amazing plane!



Bill

[icarus]

The plane can almost drop out of the sky onto the gear and with no issues or damage

this actually i know how reproduce with the aircraft.cfg

much less but also at the lysander have seen make amazing landing.

[lucas81]

The Storch was built for the "Challenge 1936" tournament which did not finally take place. This tournaments were very popular competitions in Europe and were organised in France, Germany and Poland.
Storch was inspired by the Polish RWD-9, the winner of the "Challenge 1934", which had minimal speed of 54 km/h, top speed of 280 km/h and had very advanced wing with auto-slats, auto flaps, flaperons and interceptors.
The "Challenge" consisted of series of competitions like: round flight (mostly around the whole Europe), technical tests, shortest landing, shortest start on the gate, shortest wing folding, and more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_1934

Lucas

[SpaceWeevil]

Great choice Icarus. if you can speak German, this might help..

http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/Flugzeuge/Transporter/Fi156/Cockpit/FI156/Hauptbeschr.htm

[Roger]

Great choice Icarus. if you can speak German, this might help..

http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/Flugzeuge/Transporter/Fi156/Cockpit/FI156/Hauptbeschr.htm

That's just what a modeler needs!:icon29: I'm sure if Icarus can't read German, one of our German speakers will translate.

[icarus]

yes i was aware of that link...i had the pack since two months for all future german aircraft. thanks anyway...or a german or google translator...but it's better a human.

[scotsman]

Just ask a German - what do you want to know exactly?
The Storch would make me also buy my first Icarus bird, so I would be pleased to offer my help if it accelerates manufacturing.

Mike

[Marvin Carter]

This is what I have.
Marvin Carter

http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss241/Marvin-56/DSC00792.jpg
The Valve accumlator ajustment lever I think ajust flow to engine from fuel accuumlator tank under the panel,left and right wing tanks flow in to it thin to engine, kinda like a regulator.

[icarus]

This is what I have.
Marvin Carter

that is very helpfull thanksss

[Marvin Carter]

Just seing if this works?
Marvin Carter
http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/luc_colin3/fi_156_d-eawd/
http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=listbysectype&sectype=50

[icarus]

links saved, thanks again

[BananaBob]

I've always love the Storch too, it's who brought me into this world, that's what momma said anyway, LOL. Looking forward to this Icarus! :ernae:

[Cazzie]

I've always love the Storch too, it's who brought me into this world, that's what momma said anyway, LOL. Looking forward to this Icarus! :ernae:

:icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

Did the Storch drop you down the chimney like it did me? :pop4:

That's great Icarus, a proper subject most welcome in FSX. I was so hoping Piglet would get around to doing his FSX native, I so love to fly it in FS9. First airplane I ever landed on a carrier, but that was CFS2. :icon_lol:

Caz

[icarus]

hope to finish it for middle/ end of july

[Marvin Carter]

I have been flying it sence CFS two also. it is great for low and slow,I'll keep posting stuff for her if you don,t mind Icarus.
Marvin Carter

[icarus]

while working on the grumman duck i have also receive a beta version of the storch first era with ski rear wheel(there will be also the normal version with a normal wheel)....i will upload some screenshots this week.

[SIAI S81]

I've found samething interesting for you

http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/Flugzeuge/Transporter/Fi156/Cockpit/Fi156.htm

[dswo]

How is this coming, Icarus? I was thinking about your model just yesterday.

[Lionheart]

Me too.

I can only 'fantasize' about such a plane with Icarus' great paint work on it.



Bill

[icarus]

I m on many projects involved actually and many new things applied to next models...about fi156 hope will be released before this summer. We have started also a beechcraft 17 staggerwing and soon a dornier do x (someone could ask why many models started and not released? before we are working on constantly and we will release only when i/we like as they are), probably i will make some videos about next models progress soon (little bit hard find the time while working on 11 new different models)

thank for the interest on our models

[peter12213]

Its your Henschel 129 most of us are waiting for I think!

[Slug Flyer]

Staggerwing? Sign me up!

[Cazzie]

If you folks haven;t tried Google's Chrome Brower, it's the best for foreign sites. It has a built in Translator that will automatically translate the language. Pretty neat actually. here is the English Translation, I am sure any other native language can be translated into.

The lever on the left:

21st Lever valve circuit for fire
- 156,704-08H02
- Manufacturers Fieseler
Note: This lever was used to trigger the filter tap-tap-fire. He had the P2 positions "close", "P1", "P2", "P1 +". In the device was actually only the board Rastenblech installed, and the lever itself was mounted on the fuselage boom. The different setting positions were with "BrH to" red, "P1", "P2", "P1 + P2" inscribed in yellow, and the lever was made of reddish-brown plastic knob called "Trolon".


Lever on the right:


14th Lever for valve battery
- 156,704-14H01
- manufacturer Fieseler
Note: With this leverage, the two fuel-valve switch between batteries. In the device was actually only the board Rastenblech installed, and the lever itself was mounted on the right fuselage boom. The two were setting positions with "R" and "L" inscribed in yellow, was also the leverage handle painted yellow.

[roger-wilco-66]

I also look forward to the Storch release! :jump:

Cazzie, these translations are funny, indeed. It cracks me up when I read " filter tap-tap-fire" or "board Rastenblech" . But with a little detective work, even that makes sense.


Cheers,
Mark

[Lionheart]

Good to hear Icarus that things are moving along smoothly.

:salute:

Take your time. Your craftsmanship is admired.


Bill