Storage Temperature?
 

Hey guys,

Strange question for you all.

I understand that storeing your planes in heat can damage them (correct?), but can storing your planes in a REALLY cold shed damage a plane?

I don't have much room to store planes and was wondering If I could build a shed to store any planes that I may aquire down the road. The only problem I can think of is winter.[sm=48_48.gif] And here in Maine it can get really cold.

It is coming up on summer now (high temps of 68 past week or two) and if I am going to build a shed it would be this summer. So I thought I'd ask for some opinions on the matter before winter rolls around again.

Thanks guys.

Noah

RE: Storage Temperature?
 

I store all my stuff in my unheated shop, for years now. I just go out and put the batteries on charge once a week, cycle them once or twice during the winter. It hasn't affected my fuel, or any of my guns or ammunition. The thing I would think about would be some ventilation, to keep moisture from building up, that would affect the wood some, and if you have any unsealed fuel, could cause a moisture problem in it. My shop is a 24x20 frame with metal covering type structure. I also keep a lot of computer stuff out there, switches, routers, parts, printers and whatever.

RE: Storage Temperature?
 

One of the bad things about cold is it makes covering very brittle, but if you don't touch it, then it won't be a problem in the cold.

Jon

RE: Storage Temperature?
 

When I lived in the mountains of Calif. I kept all my planes and modeling stuff in my shed, I did have air vents in there as mentioned, don't know if it helped or not but notheing ever warped or went bad. The shop I have now only goes down into the 30s and up to about 90 plus we really have no moisture problem here so everything is OK here too.

RE: Storage Temperature?
 

Great! I thought about ventilation and moisture, but wasn't sure if the cold would hurt any plane.

Thanks guys!