Ft Storch

[DWH]

I just bought the FT Storch. The only problem I here about is the wing folding. What solutions have others come up with to remedy this issue?

 

[JasonK]

adding a BBQ spar through the wing center or other method of spar.

 

[bisco]

welcome!
carbon rod from radicalrc.com

 

[tamuct01]

The dihedral of the Storch wing will make using a carbon spar or other straight, rigid rod difficult. If you have woodworking tools you can cut a short section of wood (like a paint stick) into the "V" shape of the wing and laminate the front and back of the foam spars. You can use a carbon rod or arrow shaft to reinforce the straight sections of the wing.

That being said, my Storch is several years old and I haven't folded the wings on it yet, and I built it without any modifications. I also don't try to do crazy acrobatics with it. :-D

 

[Hondo76251]

I've never had an issue but I don't do hard core acrobatics either.

In my experience, a strip of packing tape on the bottom the wing will significantly increase its strength.

 

[Rhaps]

I'll join the "my storch didn't fold it wings" crowd. I do think that the folding wings may happen because the wood pieces can rather easily have some slack between them - if you line them up with the wing root you may end having have some distance between them once you set the dihedral. If they do have a slack then they are like the goggles - they do nothing. On my first Storch I remember having to wedge a small piece of painting stick between the wood pieces afterward. On my second Storch I glued the wood pieces 1 mm past the wing root and when I fit the wings together I filed the wood pieces so that they fit perfectly

 

[To_many_planes]

I just bought the FT Storch. The only problem I here about is the wing folding. What solutions have others come up with to remedy this issue?

I bent a 1/4 inch wire into the wing shape and tucked it into the back

 

[Bayboos]

And I just made a wing without dihedral (IMHO little to no difference for this plane), and put balsa spar (15x6mm) vertically inside. Never had a problem with wings folding, even doing some aerobatics

 

[balsa basher]

I have to agree with the majority here, I love my storch and no issues with the wing, I added a few wraps of duct tape at the seem and it seems super strong to me!