Fly Synthesis Storch

Design and development

The Storch was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is of mixed construction, with the fuselage made from composites and the tail boom an aluminum tube. The HS model has a 8.70 m (28.5 ft) span wing with an area of 11.8 m² (127 sq ft) and flaperons. Standard engines available are the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL and the 85 hp (63 kW) Jabiru 2200 four-stroke powerplants. All controls are operated by teleflex cables, except the ailerons, which are operated by push-pull tubes.

Variants

Storch CL

Model with a longer 10.15 m (33.3 ft) span wing with an area of 13.6 m² (146 sq ft) and a gross weight of 450 kg (992.1 lb), sold as the Lafayette Stork Classic in the USA.

Storch HS

Model with a shorter 8.70 m (28.5 ft) span wing with an area of 11.8 m² (127 sq ft) and Junkers-style flaperons. Gross weight of 472.5 kg (1,041.7 lb) It is sold as the Lafayette Stork Super Sport in the USA.

Storch S

Model with separate flaps and ailerons, in place of flaperons and a gross weight of 500 kg (1,102.3 lb).

Specifications (Storch HS)

Data from Bayerl and Fly Synthesis

General characteristics

Crew: one

Capacity: one passenger

Length: 5.75 m (18 ft 10 in)

Wingspan: 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)

Height: 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)

Wing area: 11.8 m² (127 sq ft)

Empty weight: 275 kg (606 lb)

Gross weight: 472.5 kg (1,042 lb)

Fuel capacity: 80 litres (18 imp gal; 21 US gal) in two 40 litres (8.8 imp gal; 11 US gal) tanks

Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 205 km/h (127 mph; 111 kn)

Cruise speed: 185 km/h (115 mph; 100 kn)

Stall speed: 64 km/h (40 mph; 35 kn)

g limits: +4/-2

Rate of climb: 5.0 m/s (980 ft/min)