Fly Synthesis Storch

The Fly Synthesis Storch (Stork) is an Italian ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by Fly Synthesis, introduced in 1990. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for amateur construction.

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 span wing with an area of 11.8 m2 and flaperons. Standard engines available are the 80 hp Rotax 912UL and the 85 hp 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 span wing with an area of 13.6 m2 and a gross weight of 450 kg, sold as the Lafayette Stork Classic in the USA.


 * Storch HS
 * Model with a shorter 8.70 m span wing with an area of 11.8 m2 and Junkers-style flaperons. Gross weight of 472.5 kg 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.