I am jewish, and i don't think people should be mad about the tail paint. It's historically accurate and you can't change the past. I would be mad if people would have used it to support what it stood for tho... ..
true that brother, shouldnt cover up history cause then its bound to repeat itself. like the GenZ'ers getting SS tatoos in the exact same font as the real SS nazi dudes
Those planes were really good, much better than the piper cubs the us army was using. Us army aviators wanted to use these captured aircraft after the war, but the brass would not let them fly any german aircraft.
Hobby Shop in Stockbridge Ga ....85 south from beltway 2 or 3 miles to 138 east.....to walmart then a left an down 1/3 mile on left...( if you pass a landscape business you have gone to far)..looks like a house ....on left....
I’d leave the tail paint, it’s a historical model and I would fly it as such. Edit: god damn a bunch of arguments in here, still sticking by what I said BUT as someone said (Mr.vanuatu thank you) you could cover the swastika temporarily
Its not that deep😂 He can take it off if he wants to. Not everybody has to be a sweaty historical accuracy nerd that says "umm, actually☝️🤓" to everything people have.
Historical accuracy on these models is a reminder to all what people went through during those wars. Its a good thing to remember so it never happens again.
@@BlueIron64don’t censor history. Doing so guarantees exactly what you’re censoring to happen again, i do not support being part of the reason atrocities are allowed to happen.
DATS DE SWASTIKA FLAG! All jokes aside it’s from Germany 1942-1946 (or 1948) a man named Hitler, Adolf Hitler. he created WW2 (World War 2) very long time ago when Hitler was young and in a war a soldier from a different side could have shot the unarmed Man named Hitler. But the soldier didn’t.
Those moving wing sections are amazing. I would love to see how well it flies. I know the rear decal is a iffy subject but I would leave it as it is. Here it is used with regards to history rather than negativity directed towards someone.
@@AviationAnglerthat’s because you were born knowing everything about aircraft. For us normal people… we kind of learn along the way. And there are kinder ways to teach.
The Fieseler Fi. 103 Storch is pronounced "Feeseler Stork" In the right wind conditions the Storch could actually hover. The Storch was used by the SS Fallschirmjagers to rescue Mussolini from the Gran Sasso Hotel during WWII...
@@markusthl, Good and well, but "we Americans", in all actuality, when referring to the Storch pronounce it as the 'Storch'. This is how it's pronounced in all of the relevant videos, etc., and also simply how it's spelled in our literature here. You generalize 'Americans' as mispronouncing this which is unfair. The typical American who is interested in this plane understands its history to some extent and is even interested that Hermann Goering really enjoyed his Storch. Lol!
Kermit Weeks owns a museum in Florida and has one of these in his collection. Super awesome aircraft. Probably one of my favorite World War II aircraft.
That's the plane that drove me in the hobby when I was kid . I remember someone having one at my town RC club ( in Belgium ) and I fell in love immediately . The flight characteristics make it a good trainer with a beautiful look . Nice purchase ✌️
Oh my gosh ! Dude ! It's not JUST a Storch...it IS a Storch. Absolutely gorgeous. The Storch is my favorite WW2 German plane. Thanks for the vid man. 😎
@@Unknown_Comrade_it was used for all sorts of crazy shit and has somr crazy stories and they did for sure use them in combat in crazy stories u will google
Reginald Dennys hoppy shop in hollywood ca that was destroyed in the 71 sylmar earthquake had fantastic air plane models hanging from the ceiling like that. Models that were built for the movie industry. He also had fantastic naval models
Based on the condition of the wing covering, I'd start by stripping and replacing the shrink covering and getting it tight this time (though if you're in a hurry to fly, you could try getting a heat gun and reshrinking it). I'd sand the frame while I had the covering off. This was obviously built with minimum effort to produce "RTF" product. What we used to call "ready to crash".
I wouldn't strip the covering off the Storch because it is the right colour for the north African desert campaign and i've never.seen that colour in any of the various types of shrink covering.
Those planes had to be secured to the ground and could not take off if there was a cross wind of 12-15 mph, I believe. They were recon planes that flew a serpent pattern in order to take pictures through the windows with a hand-held camera. They were basically a STOL aircraft. Really cool to see in person.
I saw that in real life the other day at a museum in virginia its kind of like a german super cub bot the cockpit is wierd and it has foldable wimgs that fold back and it had no engine but the engine was being overhauled
they were observation planes. One flew over my great grandpa's artillery until and later a swarm of German aircraft were attacking them. Many in the unit thought is was confirming their presence from a shepherd that went by earlier.
Do not destroy the historical accuracy. Leave it. Removing things like that is the same as trying to rewrite history. Please. I hate it when people are do sensitive that they can't handle history.
I think we need to see this one in the air! For such a light weight plane with no thrills it really has a strong place in history; both military and aviation. Look forward to the flight video!
´´Historical accuracy´´ the paintscheme on the Fi-156 isn´t even historicaly accurate to begin with. I could not find a single picture or document of a Fi-156 with the identification GP-CR. So removing the swastika really changes nothing. Just admit your mad over a symbol lmao
@@user-rs3jn1sg9z That symbol only angers weak people like yourself. It doesn't bother me, and unlike you, I don't care what anyone else thinks, including you. I find it disturbing people like you fear it.
@@TheRealBirdmann bro it is quite literally the symbol of the Nazi regime. It has no relevance to ww1 and symbols represent ideas less than individual people
Companies like that are the best tbh, when they go all out like that you know it’s quality. Plus it’s not like people buying them are Nazis just want a historically accurate model.
Flew one of these several times for a clubmate who built one. He did a beautiful job but it flies awful. Adding weight at the back helped but there is still too much up elevator trim. The owner is modifying the slats to see if that will help. Would like to hear how yours flew. You may want to close the slats for your first flight.
@@xavierrodriguez2463 I'm not adamant in anyway but due to it being a mass production toy plane I don't think anyone should give a flying fuck if there's a symbol on it 🤣
You can take the nazi sign off the plane but it doesn't change the fact its a nazi plane if anyone is offended by the sign on the tail they should be offended by the whole plane. Everyone wants to ban everything like this but they never want to change the name of the democratic party dispite its deep and dark history regarding slavery. People are trained to be offended by things but aren't actually offended because they clearly dont know how to be offended. You are offended by that sign because you were taught to be because if you was TRULY offended by nazism you would hate the whole plane.
@@xavierrodriguez2463lmfao because it’s a historically accurate model…. That’s how the plane was so that’s why you keep it there. It doesn’t make you a bad person for owning historically accurate models.
people have had problems with this model. sometimes the slats work and other times they don't. maybe they resolved that problem by now. the covering looks really bad. I have seen a lot of these fly, but none of them really give you the impression of scale flight. I would like to build a 1/2 scale model in an effort to replicate scale flight. I have some plans but I think they are only 1/3. I have a short kit for those plans. maybe I will build that one first and go from there. this is my favorite aircraft.
I came in for the comments about the tail and I was happy to see most people understand that it should be on there for historical purposes and authenticity. The younger generations keep trying to erase anything and while it might be uncomfortable, that is the purpose of remembering history.
@@hhasslinger9601 just because the plane is historical, doesn´t mean the paintscheme is (or has to be). I could not find a single picture of a Storch with the identification GP-CR. So removing a symbol on it doesn´t change the fact that the paintscheme is unhistorical to begin with, thus it´s not an issue. At all.
@user-rs3jn1sg9z Dude, you're really stretching it. You may not have found that exact tail number, but it's still in the exact style that they would be in, so it's still historically accurate. Why should the logo be removed if it's historically accurate?
@@hhasslinger9601 It´s not in the exact style it would´ve been. It lacks the white band on the fuselage that litteraly all Luftwaffe aircraft in the Mediterranian campaigns had. Even if it was in the standard configuration, it still isn´t historicaly accurate because the identification is false. Even if it were historicaly accurate, not everyone is comfortable with displaying the swastika and people have the freedom to do whatever they want if its not harming anyone. Removing a symbol on a RC plane isn´t such a big deal.
WOW, That is an amazing kit for the price. I've never seen functional slats either. Wish we had that sort of shop around me. I'd be able to buy one, learn to fly/repair, and then upgrade to better more complicated plans. They are too expensive here so I'm going to build and sell or trade for lessons to get the knowledge.
@@caiden-_- that isnt a german symbol originally jewish buddhist and multiple ancient cultures and religions but now its a sign of the nazis a group that germany banned from even being a political party after 1945
@@xavierrodriguez2463 the symbols meaning has nothing to do with is. Models are supposed to be accurate representations of their historical counterparts and their appearances. You shouldn’t wipe away pieces of the aircraft just because of the underlying meaning of a symbol. I understand we shouldn’t be displaying these with proudness or flying a nazi flag, but a BF-109 does not look the same without the swastika on the tail. I don’t like swastikas, buts it’s part of the plane and should be represented accurately. For example, if you took the insignia off of American ww2 planes they would look very odd and would not be accurate to their real life counterparts. I know these insignias had different meanings, but the point is these planes just do not look right without their proper markings. I’m not a nazi but it was a nazi made plane, and imo should be represented as such.
But then it's not an accurate model just leave the ࿖ be and stop getting soo touchy over a symbol that was stolen the flipped from a religion@@xavierrodriguez2463
Plenty of posts on this subject but I will weigh in with you . I am finishing off a 2-5 metres Storch and it is an ARF from China.As it came there was no swastika on the rudder so I thought that I would add my own but then the government of Australia recently legislated that adorning any flag , clothing .vehicle etc would be a criminal offence.So I don't know if I can put one on my Storch but my RC club hasn't specified any policy about this so I guess I'll test the water soon and make it an easily removable one.I think if you couldn't put one on a model aircraft it's just another inroads on a citizens liberty
My home town's local commander used a _Fieseler "Storch"_ ("stork") to flee when the Red Army arrived at the other side of the river my town is located at in the south east of Berlin. Not only could this plane fly incredibly slowly but it only required a few metres to land or take off, as was the case back then during the last days of WW2 when my teenage grandpa witnessed events. It was him who interested me in aviation and it was him whom I learned about this particular type of plane from, by listening to his eye-witness reports.
I would definitely get rid of the symbol simply because then it would be something that is appropriate to use and display in any context. It's very telling that so many commenters have a problem with it, and it's obviously not just historical accuracy that they care about. For those commenters, the reason why it matters is that people are still using that symbol to represent violence, racism, and hate in the current world. It would be foolish to pretend that there aren't emotions attached to it on both sides, and it's not something that should be displayed outside of a museum or a respectful educational context. It definitely doesn't belong on what is essentially a toy that is meant to be flown and enjoyed. What possible healthy fantasy would you be living out by flying a 100% accurate German instrument of war, exactly as it appeared during one of Humanity's most recent atrocities?
The swastika was actually a symbol of good luck that originated in South Asia. BTW The airport in Denver, DIA is laid out in the pattern of a swastika, no shit.
@@henrytowne7463You're right! But, you can say that about dozens of major airports in this country; Lindbergh Field-SAN, etc.. The name of the airport vs. its FAA 3 letter designation. Denver International Airport, or DIA = DEN.
@@reggierico I've got binders of sectionals back to the early 70's. I know of many conflicts iatta code vs airport names. A little history... The first DIA was Stapleton for abt 65 yrs. as DEN. In 95 the second DIA opened named Denver International still FAA id DEN. It gets wilder in other countries; standards are not.
I volunteered at my local hobby shop for my senior project, man that was awesome. I used to have an S scale layout and Richard the owner would let me take something home for my layout everyday. Sadly the store is no longer there :/
in regards to the swastika, I for one value the freedoms of expression that the first Amendment affords. if you lived somewhere in europe, it would be agaisnt the law to display the swastika. its not like that here.
I'd replace the symbol with an Iron cross. It gets the "German Aircraft" point across without causing any issues. Thats one heck of a model you snagged
@@superpizzaman5562the model is clearly not accurate. Seems like that cross is very important for you, what about the other details? Why is it not a problem that it lacks accuracy?
It’s historically accurate. There’s no reason to remove that. I get the people died, and it was a terrible war, but it was also almost 100 years ago. It’s just Symbol,
History doesn't need to be destroyed nor do things representing historical vehicles or people and flags don't unless they're being used in a racist tone unlike the Confederate Battle Flag which everyone lacks the intelligence so realize isn't the actual Confederate flag look something up before you start calling a racist assholes actually know what it is and if you don't will you have no right to judge it because you have no Intelligence on it
@@Gniggaaai think youre being sensitive, triggered over someone removing a literal hate symbol from a thing they bought. Its not some rare one of a kind aircraft it's literally a toy
@@xavierrodriguez2463It's a WW2 German plane that has replicated the paint scheme and everything. It's not like the S is there out of nowhere. How is he being "sensitive and triggered" by wanting to show proper history? If anyone is triggered, its the ones who want it taken off because it offends them.
I'm so glad I've subscribed to your channel. I get to see the cool things you see and do, and it's very enjoyable learning about RC planes and watching them fly. I bet the Storch glides thru the skies like a warm knife thru soft butter... 😊
Anyone who does any type of military model or any aeromodelling would tell you that the tail art should stay, it’s supposed to represent history. Thats the beauty of aeromodelling is that you can keep the history alive in the only way possible. Not saying swastikas are good at all, but at least it can be a reminder of history.
This is a Lufftwaffe recon aircraft, and those markings are not Nazi they are iron crosses, which are being used by German armed forces. It really is no problem. That model is used to preserve history.
The Twisted Cross is on the Tail of the aircraft. That is what the controversy is about . The Twisted cross is banned in Europe because of its history.
The historical (full size) Storch was a great short-take off and landing plane, greatly aided by those leading edge flaps. It was used to rescue Mussolini from a mountain hotel where he was being held. Hannah Arendt landed one on "Under den Linden" during the Battle of Berlin, to give Hitler a chance to get away.
Sadly, shops like these are far and few between and have gone out of business. they were a joy going to with my father when we were in the hobby together
If memory serves, the leading edge slats were fixed, not variable, though they continued to be made in France post WW2 and perhaps they then made them variable
I have a hobby shop like this on in my neighborhood here in Glendale, California. I'm still looking for a PNP Storch. It's a great flying plane. I'm going to try and build one from foam board plans from FLITE TEST. P.S. ROBBINS HOBBY is the name of the hobby store I shop at here in California
I had one from flite test I put a bigger electric brushless motor from eflight and big rubber tires and a 10 .5 '' prop and she flew and landed excellent ! i swear that plane would almost hover in a 10 mph wind with flaps at 30 % it ended up being one of my favorite park flyers as it is a S T O L PLANE ! Thanks for the post !
I was on a field trip once to a museum and they had one of these. The dude took it out of the hanger and hopped in it. It was super windy and the dude hovered the plane like 300 feet in front of us. It was crazy the plane was just stuck in the air.
I think I would leave it just the way it is. If anybody has a problem, just say you went for 100% authenticity. Removing it doesn’t change the fact that it happened. And removing it from the plane really devalues the plane itself as what it’s supposed to be a replica of. I personally will leave all markings on it and if anybody has a problem to say authenticity not to nobody it’s just authenticity.
If he wants to take off the swastika, he’s free to do so. I can fully understand why someone wouldn’t want to have something with a swastika on it in their house. You can do all the „but historical accuracy!“ you want, people will think you’re weird.
You can slow-stick it as slow as 22 mph. You could overtake it with a bicycle! That would make a good video. 😅 I think the 30 mph is clean. But the Storch has slats and slots and flaps. And that would make the stall slower.
