Flite Test Simple Storch Speed Build Electric Airplane Kit (1460mm)

I would have liked to have purchased the speed build kit but to save money I scratch built the storch. First off this was my first rc plane to fly or build and I did make a few mistakes but it went together very well with the help of Flight Test videos. I personally didn't like the storch gear so I installed the doublers and gear that the simple cub uses. I also made my own large 4in wheels out of foam. I painted my storch a sad zebra style thinking that it life expectancy wouldn't be long. I went with the flysky fs-i6x and it's great so I purchased a second one. This plane is wonderful it flys great and after just a few flights I'm doing loops, rolls, wing overs, etc... I am planning on purchasing possible a speed build storch and giving it a cool paint job this time.

The storch was my first speed build kit. I found it quiet easy to build. Explanations in the video were very clear to me. I flew a lot with this plane. Nice slow flying characteristics, and I confirm it!s best to do some aileron-rudder mixing to fly nice coordinated turns. I had no problems with the landing gear, but I agree the rods were hard to bend. Finally it crashed and I rebuild a new one from scratch. I reused the landing gear from the first model as it is indestructible. But the European foam board is heavier so it doesn’t fly that slow anymore. Txs FT!

Hi guys,

I got the Simple Storch from a vendor in Austria and unlike all the other reviews I was well pleased with the kit. Ok, the landing gear has room for improvement (I replaced it with a gear made if a single 3mm steel rod), but other than that the built was a breeze and flying that babe is just awesome. I’m using a frsky qx7 transmitter, hence I’m able to configure the flight envelope of that thing so that even my 9 yr old son can fly it in our nearby park (and without me panicking about all ending in a cloud of balsawood splinters...). Thank for that great design and keep up the good work!

Rob

Here's the deal. I'm an amateur, like, super-green amateur. I'm grateful I bought this RC plane. Because in suffering through the build process (and I mean SUFFERING) I learned a ton about RC planes.

But MAN this could be a little easier... The Simple Storch build video is 5 years old. The kit they send is clearly not the same kit they use in the video. I didn't receive all the parts they had in the video. For example, I had to construct my own landing spar because no rod was included. The servos are different. The servo extensions aren't long enough. The motor is different. The battery is different. There was no paint stick included (for the wing spar). Some of the cuts weren't the same. The list goes on and on and on. In fact, I think more on this plane was DIFFERENT than similar from the video.

Also, the video skips steps - prompting the builder to have to guess, break, or give up on their build. I did all three at various points. I'm still trying to repair. It's been an entire month, and I haven't been able to fly yet.

Last thing: Nowhere on this site or the videos is there any GOOD explanation on how to match a transmitter and receiver with this model. I spent an hour trying to figure it out on my own, ended up frying a receiver, had to get another one, and finally managed to get lucky and make it all work - no thanks to Flite test.

Overall, glad I bought it... I think. Part of me wishes I had just bought a ready-to-fly airplane that ends up being cheaper anyway, after purchasing a receiver, transmitter, landing gear, paint, tape, more velcro, paint mixer, glue, etc. etc. etc. It would have saved me probably 15 hours of my life + the giant headache of navigating your way (by yourself in some cases) through the build. Pretty disappointing.