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aircraft,
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Criquet Storch light sport aircraft, experimental
lightsport, amateur built aircraft.
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Dennis Carley of U Fly It was at the U.S.
Sport Aviation Expo 2011 with his latest entry into the
Lightsport Aircraft market place a 75% scale version of the
Fiesseler Storch. History buffs will identify the original
plane as being used by General Rommel in Africa during WWII,
and for it's use in the rescuing of Mussolini from a
mountain side prison in Italy.
The Criquet Storch which achieved LSA
certification late in 2010, utilizes a 4130 chromoly welded
steel fuselage covered in standard aircraft covering
materials.
The 75% reproduction of the Storch does justice to the
original in the way the plane's glass enclosure is designed
to give visibility in all directions.
The Criquet Storch is a tandem seating two place with dual
stick and rudder controls, with center mounted sticks and
left hand throttles, and dual heel brakes. |
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The flap system uses a very unique
bicycle style chain and sprocket deployment and retract
system.
The craft has leading edge slats, and one of the
longest landing gear systems that you are likely to see on
a lightsport aircraft. The plane is
powered by a Rotax 912 S 100 HP Rotax four cylinder aircraft
engine. The plane can also be built in the amateur built
category with engines up to the 160 HP Lycoming. The
instrument panel features a variety of VFR gauges, with a
secondary panel located in the wing root for electric
breaker switches, and volt meter. Fuel is located in the
wings with 15 gallons usable in each wing tank, giving the
plane over six hours of flight time.
The plane is designed for getting in and
out of short fields, and at the show it demonstrated time
and time again take offs of less than 50 feet with a climb
rate over over 1,000 feet per minute. Cruise at 5200 rpm
comes in at around 75 mph.
At Sebring the pilot also showed
the slow flight characteristics of the plane by actually
coming in and landing the plane with a touch down speed,
into the wind, of not much more than a fast walk!
When Dennis was asked to compare the
Criquet Storch to another aircraft, his reply was "I really
can't compare it to anything else I have flown, it is just a
very safe, fun flyer with some very unique flying
characteristics, a very sweet airplane to fly!"
Component parts for the Storch are
manufactured in Columbia. They are then shipped to Dennis's
facility in Florida where he does the finally assembly and
certification of the plane for Criquet Aviation USA, Inc.,
which is the U.S. manufacturer of record.
There are currently sixteen aircraft
flying world wide.
For more information contact:
U-Fly-It Light Sport Aircraft LLC
915 Biscayne Blvd. Hangar B
Deland FL 32724
386-738-444
www.criquetaviation.com
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Criquet Storch light sport aircraft -
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