Fieseler Storch - Wings Folded for Hangar Space 

These airplanes are so cool. Leading-edge slats on the wing, coordinated flap and aileron. The Germans were engineering the hell out of Bernoulli's principle.

Yeesh! [~19:58] That little screwdriver just a whisker away from puncturing the wing fabric if anything slipped... Gah! I'm crawling around on the floor hiding behind my chair trying to not watch. Okay. Did we survive unscathed? Whew. That was not helping my anxiety issues! LOL

Fiesler Storch.. in my opinion one of the prettiest little birds in the sky. So fragile and nimble, yet so tough and dependable!!

Oh, what a magnificent little bird she is. Thanks for the demonstration!

Excellent film footage and commentary.

Im really loving Grumman's way of folding wings on their birds after watching this

>^..^< Mr. Weeks, a suggestion for consideration - In 1970 when I was stationed in Germany as a USArmy soldier I joined a German weekend glider club in Finthen Germany. One of the common commands installing or removing the wings was "hugla" which ment wiggle. So suggest you consider this possibly as your SOP on the Storch. The person at the end of the wing would just giggle the wing a little and the pin would go in or out easily when the person at the wing pin location was ready to pull or push the pin in/out....

Cleverly designed aeroplane. Very nice.

The Storch should compete in next year's STOL Drag event put on by the Flying Cowboys.

What a neat aircraft! Incredible! Very clever and useful.

Wow! The Germans understood Construction and DEconstruction! Thank you for showing that even the Great Kermit Weeks has his moments of frustration with a bloody mechanical thingy! :) But you still keep your humor!

Too cool. Thank you for posting a very interesting process.

It was good practice to fold the wings especially when it revealed the rusty pins and broken connector. Probably should be added to the annual inspection checklist.

I think that the Storch is one of your (more precious) aircraft. Have flown in a lot of planes including the F-4 in over 32 years in Aviation. If I could have one pick in flying in an aircraft-I would love to fly a Fieseler Storch!

Thanks for sharing. I remember when you (Kermit) showed and allowed Tisha to fold the wings on your Wildcat. She loved that. Also great to see fresh paint on the hangars, my complements to the director of maintenance. 😉

Awesome! I as waiting the that screw drive blade to poke into the fabric.

The folding wings allowed the Luftwaffe the ability to transport the aircraft via train and ship transport. Very smart design!

Finicky though she was, I still love the little Storch! I look forward to more of your videos.

'For two pins, I'd.....' Getting spare electrical connectors for that beautiful old lady must be quite a challenge.

Mr. Weeks, what you do is tops. Merely a humble suggestion.. . . When we Americans see that long legged bird we say Storkkkkk. When Germans see the same bird bird they say exactly what we Americans say. Germans too say Storkkkkk! We Americans spell the sound with a "K". Germans get the same sound but they use the letters "ch" to indicate the same sound. All the very best.

That is a great airplane for what they designed it for. Better than our L1 and 2.

Kermit, I really enjoy this type of video where we can see the details of procedures like this.

I love this aircraft. Thank you for posting this video and allowing us to participate in such an epic part of living history.

Any German officer needing to use the aircraft in a hurry would have to keep a squad of half a dozen mechanics to pull the aircraft out of its camouflaged hangar ,fumble around in the dark ,dropping lock pins,assembling wings,finding dropped lock pins,refuelling wing tanks. I bet that they were kept fully assembled most of the time Beautiful aircraft Kermit.😎 (Hope to visit your establishment next July on a planned trip) Cheers from Downunder!

Puhleeeez open the rest of the museum!

_That's awesome. Great job of all involved. Hats off !!!_ 👍😉

I love the Storch such a cute little plane, I hope it is as fun to fly as is looks.

Just goes to show, We all learn something new..everyday. Who’d thought I would learn today the intricacies off wing folding a Fieseler Storch :)

Of your videos they are so informative . Fantasy of flight we love it ever time we come the Florida. You said too many airplanes you can never have too many airplanes. Keep up the hard work I appreciate everything you do you Have an amazing museum.

Beautifull plane - 80 year old construction

Just a thought... maybe make up a wing stow/unstow procedure & checklist... and mark/tag those struts better? Bet the whole thing could be done in a few minutes if in 'practice'. Just my .02¢ worth, cool videos, thanks!

Nope. Not too many airplanes; not enough hangers. Ah, the fun of owning an antique German aircraft. But what a wonderful one it is. I can see and hear why Mr. Weeks loves it.

The Stroch flew as "the airplane of the day" when we spent the day at FoF - great video, thank you for the upload. Take care Kermit

That was cool.

You can NEVER have too many airplanes! And did I see a finished vertical stab/rudder for the 108?! muHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Eggscellent.

Well that LOOKED like it should be easy lol. Cool to see how those wings fold up.

Wow, that starboard pin release! Welcome to struggle street!

Looks like fun to me!

Dear Kermit , I have a lot of space in my hangar, the storch will be welcome, jajaja , but you can count on it. of course if we can use it will be great. all my respects to you and team, excellent work.

You used far less "colorful language" than I would have! LOL Man, If I ever hit the Lotto I'm buying a Storch or replica one

I remember seeing this doing stol when i was at fantasy of flight as a kid. It was awesome.

Very clever design. Leave it to German engineering to come up with that. What a wonderful aircraft.

That was hard work! That's quite an airplane!

Watching Kermit struggle with that red Tee pin I kept saying to the computer.. Kermit it goes to the right!.. spray some lube on it, it goes to the Right! But folding the wings isn't exactly a push button operation like most carrier planes.

Another great video, however 21.24, you can never have too many aeroplanes!

Someting six young German mechanics could have done in under three minutes back when they were all in practice. :-) I notice you probably could have got the electrical connectors loose through the hand-hole also.

Liquid Wrench !! I’ll bet the Krauts got some engine oil off of the engine dip stick to lube it ! Would be great to see how quickly the Krauts folded the wings !

I'm glad I didn't have to go thru all that to fold F-4E wings. Cool Video.

Buddy we struggled together there, but at the end the wings folded well. Very nice...

You need some anti-seize on those wing pins not oil. I love the Storch. Such a cool concept to fold up a plane. I want to visit your land of too many planes soon. You are having way to much fun up there.

Beautiful plane😍 Colored tape to matched pieces guys 👍

Great video good sir!! Thank you for sharing these video's with us fellow aviation enthusiasts. I hope you and all of your crew have a Merry Christmas! 👍👍

Beautiful plane, may I suggest some ACF50 for those pins and the electrical connectors?

Whew. Thank you for sharing

Kermit, I hate to see the Storch tucked away but I sure hate to see the Florida sun ruin it like it does everything else. Man, Florida tries so hard to destroy all we have doesnt it? We get the extremes here. That Storch sure is a looker. Im kinda surprised they didnt put bigger tires on it with all its capability. Thanks for the video Kermit.

Sehr gut, mein Herr!

One of the few World War Two aircraft I still hold hope I can get one day original or reproduction. Such a good looking bird.

Looks like you threw it in the restoration area next to the BF-108. You say there are new things coming. I'm certainly excited!

Why would you dislike the video? There are some strange people out there

Kermit is like the Jay Leno of collecting planes instead of cars.

fascinating. my fav. Ger. WW2 plane.. never knew you could do that.

Those flap and aileron disconnects look surprisingly like cuff links. At about 15 and a half minutes, another reason to move to Arizona. steve

I have Too many airplanes. I don't believe those words will ever leave my lips. Very first world problem.(; ). Thanks for the insight.

Lmao @ the bowl..... dont forget to lay some straw for the newborn if you leave her sittin there for too long, you know, with the other planes right there ;)

Dang Kermit let your guys do the work. Always cutting in on them while they are mid swing.....cool planes tho!

what? too many airplanes? you can never have too many airplanes, just not enough hangers!

Cool aircraft! 😎🤙

And that's where you'll put it's bowl, thank you!

Awesome airplane thanks for the education.

good video

I would have thought that each pin would be on a piece of cable . to avoid misplacing those "loose" pins and cotter pins so they stay relative to their parts or locations.

*"Too many airplanes. Such a dilemma." -- Kermit Weeks* 😁😁😁😁

Kermit I was sitting her twisting my hand to the right say this away Kermit and my wife said WHAT??? 🤣👍🏼

Looks like the same type of aircraft used in the 1976 movie, The Eagle Has Landed, staring Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland and Michael Caine.

Ahh... Would this be D-EKMU...our former Southend Historical Aircraft Museum Storch that then went on to be owned by a certain London strip-club owner and producer of erm... 'Gentlemen's magazines'??? It's great to see her looking this good again... :D

ดูจากภาพยนต์นี้ที่ การดึงสลักให้ออกจากช่องจุดยึดที่ยากนั้น อาจเกิดจากเป็นจุดยึดรวมที่สำคัญ อาจเกิดมุม องศาที่บิดไปจากจุดเดิมได้บ้างเพราะเครื่องบินมีอายุมานาน แต่คงไม่มากนัก เพราะวิศกรเขารู้ เนื่องจากความเค้นเครียดที่ปีกต้องเจอกับสภาพรับแรงนี้ที่สูงมากทีเดียว และอาจเนื่องจากความแห้งฝืดของสลักกับจุดช่องยึดด้วยเล็กน้อย จึงต้องใช้แรงดึงเยอะ การใช้น้ำมันเหลวพ่นเข้าไปก็เพื่อหล่อลื่อชั่วขณะและกลับมาแห้งคืนได้ ที่จุดนี้ ผมทราบดีว่าจะใช้วิธีเอาครีมหล่อลื่นถาวรมาใช้ไม่ได้เด็ดขาด แต่อย่างไรผมก็เชื่อมั่นในระบบล้อค สลักปีก ที่เขาทำไว้ ว่าสามารถทำงานล็อคได้ปลอดภัย ร้อยเปอร์เซ็น ครับ ในปัจจุบัน เราได้ออกแบบใช้ระบบ ไฮดรอลิค ที่รวดเร็วแข็งแรงและสะดวกขึ้นมากกว่าเดิม

My great uncle is Gerhard Fiesler

ผมชอบเทคนิค ที่เขาใช้เพียงข้อต่อ สลักเล็กๆ และแขนยึดปีก ที่แข็งแรงมากพอทำให้สามารถตรึงปีกที่ต้องรับแรงปะทะอากาศอย่างมาก เพื่อสร้างแรงยกทั้งลำ และยังปลดสลักออกเพื่อพับเก็บปีกเก็บได้สุดยอดคล้าสสิคมากๆครับ

I am in love with your bird. Here is a suggestion, how about making a detailed check list of the chronological steps to fold and unfold the wing. It has happened to me that although I know where thing go, but for a protracted time not performing the process I just forget. ie, which way do I turn the wing pin? R or L, do I push in before pulling out? Etc.

When I was a student pilot, I was taught the advantages of a printed check list.

Das goot ya ya !

As a german, it makes my heart bleeding to see al these german planes in the US😭😭😭 Kermit you have an awesome collection over there and you are such a nice guy! I love your Videos! Maybe i come over the big water someday to visit Fantasy of Flight. HORRIDO!!!

Love your videos Kermit

This would have been a 5 minute clip in the luftwaffe's u-tube feed. lol

What a fascinating video,the geometry of some of those slave jury struts must have taken some working out and to be honest I never realised that the wings folded on the Storch,another interesting insight from Fantasy of Flight,I just hope that you will not wish to fly it soon down to see the Lockheed Vega Kermit ? keep those pins and levers well lubricated for the future its a treasured historical machine for sure.

Time someone wrote an SOP for tackling this job!

Stuck pin? Florida sunshine did it. Just an every day thing for the wrench twisters.

Clever design

Folds up the wings just like on my Kit Fox Yours are just bigger then mine.........

probably easier and quicker to build another hangar!

Would you fly in this after these guys have 'reassembled' it????

Fun as usual...as we scream...the bolt lock is MIRRORED on the left side!

I do that to my Kitfox every time I fly it. By myself. Lol. But good job guys

Sure hope you never need to do that in a hurry!

Was this plane used on the aircraft carrier ？ why they design this plane to fold the wings？

Ahh the stink of LPS2 my favorite.

If you'd invite me to your shop, I'd be happy hold the camera for you.

I can see it already that when it comes time to reverse these steps and get the plane ready to fly again, it’s gonna be a big pain to get those pins put back into place

BF-108!!!!!! BF-108!!!

Fred Karno comes to mind...