The Criquet Storch () is a Colombian light-sport aircraft that was designed and produced by Criquet Aviation of Guaymaral Airport, Bogotá. The aircraft is a 75% scale replica of the German Second World War STOL liaison aircraft, the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, with the company named for the French post-war production model of the same aircraft, the Morane-Saulnier MS.505 Criquet.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 38. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 41. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
Design and development The aircraft was adapted from the original German plans to comply with the US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft's span wing has an area of and is equipped with flaps and leading edge slots. Standard engines that were available include the Rotax 912ULS, turbocharged Rotax 914, Rotec R2800, Rotec R3600 radial engine and the Lycoming O-235 four-stroke powerplants.
The design is an accepted Federal Aviation Administration Special Light-sport Aircraft.
Specifications (version)
See also Carlson Criquet Pazmany PL-9 Stork RagWing RW19 Stork Slepcev Storch
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