How is the best way to do it? This is a trainer. It has removable wings and it has 3 wheels (not a taildragger).

Im gonna take the wings off and make a couple loops of yarn hanging from the celing and slide the wings into it. The remainder of the plane (including engine, stab, stablizer) will be hung on the wall while not being used. I dont have much space where I am storing it.

Should I hang it by the stab upside down? Or Wait... it just hit me. The wings are held onto the fusulage by rubber bands attached to dowells sticking out of the fusulage. Im sure a hook wont hurt right there because the force of the rubber bands will be a lot more than the force from being hanged.


Still Ill make this post for any suggestions.

thats how i hung some of my trainers and had no problems i also use to put a big hook in the garage wall and hang it from the front wheel. nose up.

Here's how I do it for the fuesalage and the wing.

Gibbs

I've hung them with a loop or rope around the tail nose down, a loop of rope around the prop (or mains on a tail dragger) nose up, and alternating down the basement wall - one up, one down, one up, one down, etc. Just make sure you have the fuel tank empty, plug the muffler end by stuffing a paper towel in it, and wrap some cloth around the engine to keep dirt off and anything that may drip out from dripping on the floor or what ever happens to be beneath it. I usually hang them like NCIS does, but if I have space I leave the wings on them which is where nose up, nose down on the next pays off.

Hogflyer

Awesome! Thanks for the pictures.


The only thing I fear about hanging them in that fassion is damaging the stab from the weight of the plane / engine. Id be afraid I would have 2 indentions in the stab from hanging it.

I hung planes for years from the stab and have never had any damage. Don't worry about it.

Hogflyer

I totally agree with Hogflyer and NCIS. I have a lot of my planes like this also. The way I usually hang them is to use an eye hook and bungee cord to hang it with. I will screw the eye hook into the wall (preferably in a wall stud so it doesn't pull out), then open up the eye hook enough to put the bungee cord in it, close the eye hook loop, and then hook the landing gear of the plane with the hooks on the bungee cord. This keeps the fuselage flat against the wall and since the landing gear is what's hooked you don't need to worry about any "hanger rash".

Hope this helps

Ken

Sounds good, Ill see what I can do tonight... right now in fact.


Thanks everyone!

If you're hanging ARFs, you're not going to know what quality wood is in the LE of the stabs. I wouldn't hang any ARF by any part that was wood. How do I know?

How do you know?.......

Hogflyer

If you are hanging by the horiz stab, you may want to put something long and somewhat stiff on the leading edge for the bungees, cords, etc to rest against. I believe what daroc is referring to is that it may put an indentation in the wood. If you put something stiff on the LE it would spread the stress over a wider section and would prevent the cord from 'digging' into the LE wood. This digging could result from the weight of the plane pulling down on the cords that are holding the plane by the horizontal stabilizer.
You could use something like the core cardboard tube from inside a roll of toilet paper or paper towels. Cut it in half lengthwise and place it on the LE of the stab. This way the cord, bungee, whatever will rest against it. You could even use the foam material that a lot of guys use for the field kit stands, etc.
As some have mentioned they have never had any problems hanging their planes without these, but I would do this if I hung mine from the horizontal stabilizer.
I hang mine from the ceiling (tall ceiling so we don't hit our heads or damage the planes) using hooks and straps. That way I don't have to disassemble them. The straps are wide and wrap around the fuselage and cowl.
Whatever you decide to do, follow hogflyer's tips about covering the engine, plugging the muffler, etc.

I hang mine by the tail on 1/2 inch dowels. I use 1/2 inch pipe insulation foam to protect the tail.

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a easy adjustable rack for planes is to go to home depot or other hardware store get some adjustable shelf standards the kind with the slots in them they come in 4'-6'-8' lengths get the # of shelf brackets you need screw then to the wall and use foam plumbing pipe insulation for padding they are allot like NCIS's wing rack but you then can adjust for wing and fuse sizes as they change a 4' tall unit will hold as many as 4 planes jammed in but I have 3 in mine fitting loose and out of the way without any trouble installs with a screw gun/screw driver in a pinch and some scissors to cut the padding

The engine manufacturer will clearly state in the manual to hang the plane nose down. The front bearing will keep lube on it this way. Always nose down. Dont fear the weight of the plane hanging on the horz. stab. When you run your plane on the ground and stand in front of the stab to run up the engine, there is more force being applied to the stab than if where just hanging by gravity.

I hang my airplanes by the tail wheel, by the nose wheel, and by the horizontal stabilizer and cannot tell it makes any difference. When concerned about marking the leading edge I thread a length of fuel tubing on the string for protection.

Bill

I read a review on Hang It R/C products somewhere....They are apparently making a bunch of different type of hanging systems..among other things. There website isn't giving much right now, though. Personally, I have been using modified clothes hangars for years...pretty crude, but it works for me.

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