My shop is getting crowded. Anyone got a clever way to store 2M pattern planes in a small space?

Jim

Hi Jim.

My garage has a pretty high peaked roof and I hang them up in the trusses with #4 screw hooks. When I had a condo in The Valley, it had a detached garage with a flat roof and inside was exposed 2x12 ceiling rafters. I used #4 screw hooks to string bungee cords between them. If you have a finished ceiling in the garage, you can still hang them from the ceiling, but you would loose a lot of head room. I doubt you would want to bust the drywall out. You can rent a U-store. I have a 5x5 in addition, and it's only $30/mo.

Are you going to Lancaster?

I stole my idea from a surfboard rack. Mine has a sturdy (sealed) base as my planes live inside the house. It has a back on it about 3' off the ground with holes drilled in it, and in the back are about 20 removable dowel pegs at about 4" apart. if a fuselage is over 4" wide, you simply remove a peg. the aircraft go nose down and lean on the wall, supported from falling over by the pegs. In between fuselages I cram wings in bags etc.

I can store 2 quarter scale planes, 1 pattern ship, 3 sailplanes, one motorglider and all the wings in an 8x3 patch. I sleep easy at night knowing the can't fall any further...
...which has happened to me when i used to hang my planes.

pictures..

Lucky you... you've a garage. I've my plane on the living room...



...sharing space with a lot of playmobiles and dinosaurs (Yes, the living room became a PLaying room for all the family).

Mine's on my bedroom dresser [&:]

I think you need to consider if the fuselage has a soft bottom or not. If it will not deform (C'ARF, or maybe molded balsa sandwich stuff), then you can hang, or put the fuselages on a rack of sorts. If the fuse is soft like the bottom of my Passport (2009 model, fiberglass, flat on bottom with ridge), then you want to keep it on the landing gear. So you need a wider shelf or hang it by the prop I guess.
Jim

When I hang pattern planes from the ceiling, I fasion a yoke to hang them from the wing tube. The rope around the tale stabilizes it and supports almost no weight.

How long ago that plane was hanged over there?

Are you talking about the Webra powered Hydeout? I was prepping it for the '04 season when I dropped out, and it has been hagging ever since, never flown. If I find a field close by where I can practice with nitro, I will probably restore it.

How small a space, Jim? There was a thread here about a year ago that had some great ideas. Let me see if I can find it... here you go:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=9332508

Thanks Derek,

Lot of good ideas there. I was leaning towards horizontal hanging by the wing tube but now I will rethink it.

Jim

Sell them to make room for more!!!