The Rodaro Storch 503 is an Italian two seater ultralight three-axis aircraft with
a Rotax 503 UL DCI 2stroke 2-cylinder engine. The fuselage is made by a hull high performance
glass composite with a self-carrying structure strengthened by four rims that they guarantee
rigidity of it. The main rim of strength crosses the whole cabin and, on it, flight loads
acting on the tail boom are supported. Tail boom pipe, is made with aluminium alloy, of the
same type used for the wing spar, and has been fixed to the fuselage through rivets. The Rodaro
Storch established a Microlight World Record, when the aircraft reached an altitude of
7143 m on 16 April 1993. During this World record the MLA was flow by two persons out of Campoformido Airport, Udine
in Italy. Nowadays Fly Synthesis, Gonars, Udine, Italy produce the Storch. The Storch is offered
in four different versions: as homebuilt kit or complete aircraft, with a Rotax or Jabiru engine,
each one belonging to a different potential customers and requirements. |