Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "The Fieseler Fi 167; Germany’s STOVL (kind of) Torpedo Bomber" video.

  1. the story of the Storch descending while remaining over one spot is entirely possible in the right winds. I've done similar in Cessna aircraft. Flew a C182RG backwards over the ground at 50kts once. We had high winds in the mountain valley, and winds on the ground regularly reached 40kts. So at altitude we slowed up and put teh flaps out while facing south and the GPS showed us flying north at 50kts ground speed, and we visually confirmed we were flying backwards in relation to the ground. And in weather like that an airplane with a stall speed below 40kts could easily land with zero ground speed. There used to be two videos online that I unfortunately can't find anymore. One was of a guy in Alaska landing his bush plane with zero ground speed, descending the last ~20ft vertically. The second was of an early Carbon Cub model taking off backwards into a strong wind. It's simple aerodynamics.
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