Hi
Well its winter time here ,i plan on storing my 8 planes in my garage and pulling the batterys and keep them in the house as with the radios will the cold hurt the planes or there servos ,should i charge the batterys and leave them until spring ,thanks

I used to live in the UK and my planes were mostly stored in the garage. A squirt of 3in1 oil for the engine and a charge on the batteries before hanging them up in the rafters was all I did. I would cycle my small NIMH in spring before using them.

I think it might be different for lithium batteries, I remember reading somewhere that 40% charge is optimum for storage but I am not up to date on this.

The cold definitely will not hurt the servos.

The covering may become a bit brittle until it warms up again, and if your garage goes through temperature extremes it may need to be tightened up in the Spring before use.

LiPos should be charged/discharged to 3.8v per cell for storage.

I have planes that have been in the garage for 25 years, don't think its great for them. But I have not seen a problem, mine is a connected garage so it does not get as cold as the outdoors.

I do keep some in the basement, as many as I can get away with. She does catch on after awhile. If she has to move a plane to sit on the couch and watch tv there is a problem. Lol

like said, run the glow engines dry and add a few drops of oil, elect bring the lipo's in and put on storage charge.

great that you ask, I try and take care of mine also and this is the best place to get info.


Sticks

If you'll give the engines a good dose of after run oil, they won't get gummy during the freeze. It'll take some running to get them cleared out in the spring, but that's better than having to cook them in a crock pot to break up the varnish.

Lipos should be put into a storage charge. Most of the charger have this setting.

NICD, NIMH for me don't really seem to care.

I have planes in a unheated garage where temps outside get to the low teens and have not had a problem with anything going bad from the cold. Only issue I have had is I don't want to go out there.


Buzz.

I do all my building in my garage so I'm fortunate to have it sealed and heated. I put a tank of fuel through my engines and some after-run oil. I can leave the batteries in place so I just charge them one a month while I'm working.

Having said that we had the remnants of a hurricane pass over us 2 weeks ago and I ended up with 2" of water running through it. the models are all on shelving so were ok but some tools/wood etc that were in boxes on the floor ended up doing the backstroke

You might want to add a few dryer sheets or moth balls to the planes just to be safe. Mice can make things a real mess if you give them a chance.