Lippisch Storch

The Lippisch Storch IXB
as scale as we could make it with the very limited info we had (see the drawing below)

All wood construction no hardware included
Easy building kit all parts are cnc cut
The Storch is a great flyer with the 4120-7 motor and 4 lipo cells 3700-4500
Scale 1:5


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Design Features:

• All Formers And Ribs CNC Cut
• Unique Tab Lock Design
• Three Piece Design Easy transportation
• Motor/Battery compartment Easy accesable
• Battery Access Through canopy opening

Specifications:

• Wing Area: 61 dm2
• Wing Span; 2060 mm
• Flight Weight: Starts at 2600 grams
• Wing Loading: 42gr dm2
• 4 Channel Controls

Kit Includes:

• Photo Instructions on CD and Many more Pictures
• Full Size Rolled Cad Plans With All Parts Shown
• Vacuumformed Cowl, dummy cherub motor (pimp it yourself)
• Pre Bend Landing Gear
• Stringers and sheet
• Kit contains 6 cnc cut ply sheets and 20 full lenght cnc cut balsa sheets in various thickness 

Required to Complete:

• 4 Channel Radio.
• Light weight Receiver:
• Light weight Servos: About 13grams (2x ailerons ) to 30 grams ( rudder)
• Motor: type 35 or type 41
• 35-75 amp controller
• Some paint, glass finish, oldtimer wheels
• Battery: 4S 3200 to 5000 lipo
• Thick and Thin CA glue 5-6 bottles
• Grass or concrete airfield.
• The Storch IXB is Easy Flying, but not for beginners
• combined rudder/aileron steering is a must on this model
• hardware as fasteners steel wire horns etc

The drawing that we had to start with.

All balsa cnc wing

 

All balsa and ply fuselage

Fuselage top and bottom cnc pre cut for easy building 

 

 

Unique wing connection safe in a bad landing connectors break, and

leaves wing undamaged. 

 

Wing on hardwood dowels and spruce struts very strong connection 

Dummy Bristol Cherub Motor and vacuumformed motor cowl 

You have to pimp up the bristol yourself, very easy to do  

Rudder and tailsled steered for good ground handling