Kinda funny how many german aircraft designs only exist in model kit form today. For all that supposed government intervention the fascists had, they sure managed to start a lot of dead end projects
Ever since someone showed me a little german Storch replica I can't get it off my mind. It's so much cooler looking than the yankee shit from the time. Look at all these dang struts!
Actually, they're dampers, good for 20cm of initial travel and another 40cm in reserve if that wasn't enough. That thing can take off damn near vertically, says 70 takeoff roll, and a fullstop in the length of the fuselage.