Fieseler Fi 156 Storch - Argus AS10C Inverted V8 | Hangar10

Klaus Plasa Flies the Fieseler Storch at the Hangar 10 Fly In 2019 with mechanic Horsti on the backseat.
This aircraft has some unique STOL flying capabilities. In strong winds it can actually fly backwards. It was used as reconnaissance and ambulance aircraft and also used and build by other nations with different engines. The french version (Morane-Saulnier MS-500) had a Jacobs R-755-A2 radial engine.
Minimum speed is around 45 km/h!
The orignial aircraft is powered by an air cooled Argus AS10C Inverted V8 engine with around 240 hp. Unfortunately the engine didn`t run smooth enough for a longer flight, so they just did a short hop.
To compensate that, I made an in depth walkaround. Hope you Enjoy!

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Music: Sixteen Twenty Five - Text Me Records / Grandbankss

[PaddyPatrone]

0:32 Startup
2:40 Short hop
5:36 Walkaround
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[ASelbo]

My father served as a medic in one of these. When flying out an injured soldier from a field exercise they had an unexpected burst of sidewind at the exact time the plane set the wheels on ground when landing on the airfield on return. The Fieseler promptly went topsy-turvy and ended upside down. Landing speed were, as my dad said, about a brisk walking pace. Dad suffered a bruised wrist, the pilot a broken leg and the patient crawled out of the plane with no more injuries than he had when taken onboard.

[noobielplays]

Lovely plane. One of those secured the existence of my family due to flying my badly injured great-grandfather out of Stalingrad, with him laying on one of the two stretches that were often mounted underneath both wings

[Wolf-ywen]

Still better than anything built 80 years on. Beautiful, graceful and could still have purpose today.

[louislamboley]

One of finest aircraft ever designed. Some aircraft represent major leaps in aviation. This is one of them.

[paulh]

This plane was also unique of it's mechanical slats. One of a kind.

[gerrycarmichael]

My uncle was in the USAAC in WWII. His unit took over a Luftwaffe airfield somewhere in Belgium. They “captured” a Storch that had been abandoned and used it as a squadron hack. He had quite a bit of time in it. Said it was a blast to fly.

[josefschwemberger]

klaus plasa ist sowieso einer der besten

[thephilpott]

When i saw one of these at the Shuttleworth Collection, we were fortunate to have a steady headwind of at least 30kt, which allowed it to have a takeoff run of about 8 feet, following which it was able to hover motionless at an altitude of 6 feet. Spectacular. On that day it could have taken off from the car park.

[FernandoPartridge]

They really do float back to the ground graceful as a Stork, lovely aircraft.

[davef.]

What a marvelous example of purpose-designed engineering.

[braamvorster]

I saw the South African Airforce Museum's Fieseler actually hanging dead still in the air for a few seconds before it touched down at Zwartkops air force base. At the Margate airshow it circled almost horizontally with one wingtip actually rotating the other direction! That is just incredible! 😮❤

[wolfganggugelweith]

I was there in June 2024! Fantastic collection! Greetings from Linz Austria 🇦🇹 Europe!

[skyislands]

Underrated and underestimated just how influential the design was on future light aircraft. Our annual local flying often has 2 or 3 show up, and the owner sells bushman planes. He is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to these lovely planes legacy.

[robertnolan]

In a pinch..you could jump out safely! What a fantastic airframe. SurGut!

[Nicolas-vw]

Bonjour, merci . C'est un des design d'avion les plus réussi de l'histoire de l'aviation, à mon avis .
Bonne journée .

[AmericasChoice]

Brilliant design. Rommel loved to survey the battlefield in one.

[paul-henriproust]

When I was yong we used to have a Storch as a tug in our gliding club. I have had much opportunity to fly as a passenger on this machine. Tremendous

[andreasadam]

Den Fieseler Storch habe ich 1986 zum ersten Mal auf dem Hockenheimring gesehen während einer Austragung eines Formel 1 Rennens . Ich war sehr überrascht über die Fähigkeiten dieses Flugzeuges und man hatte manchmal den Eindruck, dass sie in der Luft stehen bleibt. Für den Start und Landung reichen nur ein paar Meter und mit etwas Gegenwind hebt sie ab wie eine Feder. Einfach ein tolles Flugzeug. 😊👍

[f..]

Как их не хватает, этих маленьких помощников!👍❤️