Will hanging my planes after use this way damage them? Thanks

it may not hurt them, but i would consider some way of storing them nose up hanging by the landing gear. remember the horizontal stab isn't designed to carry the weight of a plane.

It is not the best way to store them but it won't hurt it just make sure there is good padding at the tail.

A better solution would be to lay them flat on shelf racks. Go to Home Depot or Wal-Mart and get 2 adjustable shelf tracks and 8 10in arms along with some insulation for plumbing pipes. It is very inexpensive and a better use of the space. Look in the background of this picture and you can see what I am talking about.

Have fun.

thats the way I store my planes also, it works well and you can adjust for wings and fuselage as needed, different planes come and go they are versatile.

I hang my planes with the nose up. I use a small bungee cord and wrap it around the prop and hook the cord on a wire shelf I bought at Loews. The reason for nose up is to prevent gravity from transferring the fuel line and klunk to the forward part of the tank.

DaveB

I hang mine by their tail and they do just fine. I have never had a problem with the clunk. It also keeps the front bearing oily that way. Almost everyone I know does this to save space. I inculded one for the wings in case you hadn't thought of it.

Gibb

I hang mine from the ceiling in various places in my home. Nothing adds flavor to your home more than the presence of your hobby. For instance: My living room has a "Robert Taylor" painting entitled, "Air Apaches Over LaShima" hanging on the wall. Beside the painting is my Top Flite A-36 hanging from the ceiling flying wing for the B-25s in the painting. Another corner of the living room houses a Top Flite P-40 finished as "Old Exterminator". A B-25J Mitchell hangs from the ceiling of the entry way. There are all kinds of planes in the wreck room. Throw out those Plilladandreums and other useless house plants. Hey, my kitchen has a vaulted ceiling...maybe a good spot for a 1/5th P-51D...Oh Honey....

You must be a bachelor!

Gibb

I've heard it said that it's better to store them nose up. This will prevent fuel from collecting in the bearings, prolonging engine life.

Scott

Here is how I store mine..........EVERYWHERE. Sorry every once in a while I throw in a picture of my baby.

I suggest that you hang them by the propeller. I hang some of mine that way and it works just fine. Just use a piece of cord and loop it around both blades near the hub and hang it on a hook!

ive only got one plane... its a park fly electric so heres my advice:

STICK IT ON THE CEILING ABOVE YOUR BED!... because we all failed to grow up at heart... ^_^

failing that, wrap your wings in bubble wrap or clotch and stack them in a safe cupboard somewere, then stack the fuses on the shelf like NCIS has done with his wings

OK I posted this in the warbirds section because this is my main interest but if you hang your planes by the prop your putting stress on the front bering and fire wall first.

secondly when you are done flying for the day you should allways run the extra fuel out of your engne and use either after run oil or in my case at least WD-40 or 3in1 oil and store your plane nose down or flat like most of the posters have pointed out.

with the nose down attitude the oil is seeping into the bering race, really not that much because the bering is so tight that very little liquid could get through the seal anyway if it did you would have fuel spinning off your prop durring starting and durring flight.

any time you put stress on a bering no matter how little you are adding load to it,also to the mount, and airframe.

take notice all the owners of warbirds and nice pattern planes and have posted photos either have there planes in a cradle or horizontal on a shelf like structure or nose down, I would bet they oil there engines also.

Storage what is storage,just keep flying.

I most certainly am not a bachelor. My wife of 33 years thinks I have the greatest hobbies there are. Warbirds in the house, WWII armored vehicle in the garage, WWII furniture here and there. I have two fine sons too. In fact, the oldest one flies F-16's in the USAF! Hang 'em and be proud...just make sure all the fuel is out so no fuel leaks on the carpet. Back to the Balsa Pit!

I agree with Bigtim I store mine slightly nose down. this way I'm keeping oil on both bearings. this is after i run the fuel out, and use marvel mystry oil as an after run oil.

I dont see how your putting more stress on these parts than when the engine is running at WOT and your hanging the plane on the prop. I've stored my planes nose up hanging from the prop/crank for years with no dammage to the engine, seriously they are not that fragile. All the parts you've listed were designed specificly to "carry loads" way in excess of what you do to them by hanging them from a hook. IMO

That being said I do like LearnedinUK's system, very neet. I guess I have to go to Home Depot today and buy some shelving supplys

Darren

depends on how much your plane weighs some are rather heavy, now granted this is the beginner forum some of my planes are only 5lbs total some allot more I was also referring to the airframe also mount,fire wall, berings do accumulate stress in high load situations over time metal subject to constant load then applied pressure wear faster over time 12,000 rpm is a load of pressure.
it is about what works for you and your space I know what works for me and what I have been told by more expierenced modelers just passing on the info and what I do to keep the engines I have in working order like oilling after use especially 4 strokes as they have the most moving parts.

Here is how I store mine. I used 2 x 2 and drilled 1/2" holes equally spaces and cut 1/2" dowel rods that are just slid in so I can adjust them as needed.

Seriously, aircraft are machines. Preventive Mainenance is a must. I turn the engines over by hand every so often. This keeps them from getting dry or rusty inside. I always like to hear that compression stroke. I have never had an engine go bad from merely sitting around.

Another storage question here. Just got a new garage no siding insulation or drywall yet. Have my LT 40 up in the rafters. You guys think cold could hurt it? like -20,30 C. Walls keep frost out, but im not sure what the temperature might do. My 1/5 sig cub is hanging nice and warm in the living room. SlowPoke and twist in the basement.

It would hurt my feelings knowing my babies were getting cold . Think about it-------will you be able to sleep at night.