Fly Synthesis Storch
{{Short description|Italian ultralight aircraft}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2022}}
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| name = Storch | image = OOD31 Storch Flyby.jpg | caption = }}{{Infobox aircraft type | type = Ultralight aircraft | national origin = Italy | manufacturer = Gryphen Aircraft | designer = | first flight = | introduced = 1990 | retired = | status = In production | primary user = | more users = | produced = | number built = 150 (1998) | developed from = | variants with their own articles = }} |
The Fly Synthesis Storch ({{langx|en|Stork}}) is an Italian ultralight aircraft, designed and today produced by Gryphen Aircraft Industries (ex- Fly Synthesis), introduced in 1990. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for amateur construction.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 52. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 54. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 164. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}
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 {{convert|8.70|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing with an area of {{convert|11.8|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and flaperons. Standard engines available are the {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912UL and the {{convert|85|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Jabiru 2200 four-stroke powerplants. All controls are operated by teleflex cables, except the ailerons, which are operated by push-pull tubes.
In 2024 a new version of the Storch was released, with a full composite fuselage, enhancing the aircraft performance significantly.
Variants
;Storch CL
:Model with a longer {{convert|10.15|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing with an area of {{convert|13.6|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|450|kg|lb|1|abbr=on}}, sold as the Lafayette Stork Classic in the USA.{{cite web|url = http://www.flysynthesis.com/en/aerei/storch/page8.html|title = Aircraft Description|accessdate = 21 June 2012|last = Fly Synthesis|year = 2011}}
;Storch HS
:Model with a shorter {{convert|8.70|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing with an area of {{convert|11.8|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and Junkers-style flaperons. Gross weight of {{convert|472.5|kg|lb|1|abbr=on}} 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 {{convert|500|kg|lb|1|abbr=on}}.
Specifications (New STORCH)
File:24-4988 'Nellie' Fly Synthesis Storch S (10224176564).jpg
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| capacity = one passenger
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| empty weight kg = 320
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| fuel capacity = {{convert|100|L}} in two {{convert|50|L}} tanks
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| eng1 number = 1
| eng1 name = Rotax 912ULS
| eng1 type = four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine
| eng1 hp = 100
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References
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External links
{{commons category|Fly Synthesis Storch}}
- {{Official website|http://www.flysynthesis.com/en/aerei/storch/page8.html}}
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