I am looking for a good way to store several plane fuslage and wings on my wall in my heated garage. Do any of you have suggestions or pictures that you could post? I have thought of adjustable shelving but looking for the best way.

Gary

Adjustable shelf brackets is what I use for the fuse.
I have 2 pieces of conduit mounted up toward the ceiling
,going from wall to wall to hold the wings. Cover the brackets
and conduit with pipe insulating foam also.

Bob

I used adjustable shelving too. Not the pretty powder coated white stuff, but the inexpensive galvanized stuff. it's 1/4 of the cost. I didn't cover the barckets with foam, I used double layers of good tape. I taped both the upper and lower surfaces of each bracket, so would wouldn't accidentially damage the top of a plane or wing either. I stacked the planes in the rack, one facing forward, the next backward, with the wings on top. It's surprising how much gear you can stack on a single rack, if you are frugal with the space alloted to each plane or wing.

I bought the 16 inch wide brackets and I stuff a bit of paper towel in each exhaust and carb to keep them from dripping on the planes below.


Jack

You can see here what I did; adjustable hanging shelves that can be used for regular shelves or for planes. I just wrapped the shelf brackets in pipe insulation for the planes and a wing. Other wings are kept in wing bags. Please excuse the mess. I don't have room for the amount of stuff I've accumulated in my small apartment.

[color=#FF0099]I was going to buy the powder coated stuff, but it appears I don't need it to be that fancy according to what I'm reading here. Of course I bought PINK pool noodles instead of pipe insulation to cover the brackets with. I was also thinking of putting a couple of the brackets close together so I could "hang" the larger planes straight down the wall. Has anyone tried to build one of those cradle/stands you put the larger ones in ?(nose down)

Bev

I have simply used dowels of the proper size to support whatever I needed to support (generally 3/8ths diameter). If 3/8ths diameter, I drill 3/8ths diameter holes in the wall; or, 2X4s that the dowels are stuck into. If they seem too loose, I glue them into the holes. Two dowels spaced a few feet apart, and maybe a couple inches between vertically will support wings one on top of the other. The length of the dowels need to span from the leading edge, to the trailing edge, so the wing is well supported. They should be level, so as not to induce twist when the wing rests on the dowels. If the vertical distance is increased you can support the fuselage. Generally, laying the fuselage on the dowels, so the wing saddle is towards the wall, gets the fuselage closest to the wall and if tails are flip-flopped, you can pack the most fuselages in, for a given space. This is a pretty inexpensive way to do this and has worked for decades for me.

I was lucky enough to pick up a bunch of political signs after the last election. The 4 mil coro-plast sign boards are for building SPADS. The wire -H- shaped supports can be bent. I sling them over the rafters in my shop and hang planes straight down from them using the tail-feathers. Rich

[color=#FF0099]Richg99,

That's a great idea with the politcal signs....I've got a few. I think I'll use them in the livingroom where my overflow is hanging from the second story balcony. At the moment it's a collection of bungee cords and shoelaces holding them up. [X(]

Bev

I like leaving my wings on. Load them in the cargo van and go fly. Rake holder from home dumpo with pipe insulation.

Neat...great idea. Rich

I use several types of storage methods since this topic comes up about once a month, I happen to have photos

first would be the shelf brackets, for which the plumbing insulation works well for padding, its a versitile method for storing wings, fusalage,and other parts safely, while preventing any dammage, and just getting the planes up and out of the way of my building areas.
the versitility of the brackets is really handy to adjust for the various sizes of planes.

also another method is to use a plastic hangar, again utilizing the foam insulation for padding to hold the plane up to the ceiling the hangars slip over the wings and, in my case slip over the electrical conduit but a couple of hooks screwed into the ceiling would work fine as well.

having a large shop is handy,and my storage is spread out a bit, but if your space is limited then using both methods in a small space can allow several planes to be stored easaly.