Thanks Indy. You're very well organised.......

WOW....After seeing that I AM NOT going to put a pic of mine up here! I live in a 1 bedroom apartment and have 11 planes, ranging from 36"ws to 33%. Use your imagination......

Here is my 114" span Islander hanging over the hood of my wife's car from a truss with 2" wide tie down straps.

No imagination here. Please post the photos

We will be waiting

this is only one half - my mom stopped complaining a long time ago :drowning:

Thats cool. At least you have room for the tv! I'm sure for all the Propwash and SKS videos

Some nice planes in that room for sure.

yep -planes, planes and planes!!- thanks i do clean up every so often while watching something rc.

Reading this thread has spurred me on to sort out my garage - all my planes were just sitting on the floor, though the wings are are stored between the joists on the ceiling. Flyindy, I've copied your idea exactly - just bought the sheving runners and the supports and lots of foam copper pipe insulation to cover them. The planes will then sit horizontally between them, on the foam so they don't get damaged. I've added some sockets nearby too so they can be charged in situ. Thanks guys for kicking me up the @$$!

I store my airworthy planes in my one car garage along with my car, three bicycles, snow blower, etc. I have twelve 1” X 4” boards 2’ long covered with foam nailed to the studs in the front of my garage. I can store six or more planes nose down with the wings on ready to go. I connect the fuel line and the pressure line with brass tubing to stop the drips. I have an Ace charge master there and I can charge four planes and two transmitters and put them on trickle. Over the workbench I hang three small planes by their props. I also have an Ace charge master there. Hanging from the rafters I have racks made from PVC to hold three planes horizontal. In the rafters I have six or seven rebuilds also eight kits. All of my planes I fly are 40 size or smaller so I can load them in my two door Cavalier without removing the wings. When I get to the field I can start flying. My time is limited and I don’t want to spend my time assembling, disassembling and spit and polishing. I also have six small planes needing repair in the my basement workroom hanging from the ceiling.

Gene

Just scanning through and noted something;

I store my aircraft nose down so storage oil will slowly drain through the front bearings (where it's really needed) instead of sitting in the crankase (where it's not).

Small planes I hang by the tail, larger stand on their nose with the tail secured.

HTH.

this is my shed... when you could get in it!
I'm going to build a small coal store type thing on the side and use the shed just to build in. question is how should i build it? reason is i had to move the planes from the house to shed and a month later i took one out and it crashed because the batt didn't hold a charge and i'm getting probs with others. i know its the damp and cold.
does the shelter need to be as air and damp proof as possible? whats a reasonable temp? i know room temp would be best but the heating would be costly, something nearer 10 degrees ok? i have a greenhouse heater i will connect to a thermostat. i'll also cut a hole from the store to shed to let the warmer air in the shed and hopefully take any damp with it.

I STORE MY PLANES HANGING BY THE CEILING IN MY HOBBY ROOM. I USE FINE 50LB. FISHING LINE AND COLORED HOOKS IN THE CIELING. I USE FOAM RUBBER TO GO BETWEEN THE LINE AND THE REAR OF THE FUESLAGE BY THE ELEVATOR SURFACE. AND THEN I HANG THE FRONT BY THE ENGINE JUST BEHIND THE PROP. YOU CAN WALK IN THE ROOM AND THEY LOOK AS IF THEY WERE IN MID AIR BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE THE LINE. YOU CAN ALSO ADJUST THEM DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOU GET TIRED OF THEM HANGING THE SAME WAY. I HAVE HAD THEM THIS WAY WHEN NOT FLYING FOR 4 YEARS NOW AND ALL SEEMS TO BE FINE. NO PROBLEMS ANYWHERE.

PLANES BELONG IN THE AIR EVEN WHEN YOUR NOT THERE!!

Phillybaby

Here in Wisconsin we fly all year long. Last Sunday it was 22 f, and we fly when it gets much colder. My garage is unheated and I have never had any battery problems. Usually my ten minuet ride to the airport warms up my engines enough that they start OK. If not we set the plane in back of the cars exhaust pipe till it warms up.

Gene

I'm not worried about the engine being cold, tho all the engines in the shed are furry now here in cornwall its cold and wet and damp, then warm, cold damp, warm damp, wet, cold. get the idea... the drafty shed is not the best place and i cant build and store.

hey phillybaby,

i think if you get you a humidifier or something too keep the moisture and humidity out you will be fine and come out cheaper.

just an idea for you.

there isnt one powerful enough to suck all the water from the air down here unless the store was pretty much air tight of course.
in a strange twist of fate wouldnt that make the balsa more brittle?

I've heard it is best to store Airplanes [engines] with crankshaft facing upwards. reason is said to be protecting the crancshaft ball races from corrosion and gumming oil.

I think it makes a lot of sense from a technical pow, however, if you store a model only for a couple of weeks it wouldn't make a huge difference.

Nowdays, I always end the flying day by stopping the engine by disconnecting the fuel line from the carburetor, then I spray a lot of WD-40 in the carburetor and glow-plug hole or exhaust port, then I flip it over some 10 turns.

To protect the airplane itself, hanging it so it "sits" on the wall, with nose facing upwards, is my favourite method.

Hanging the models in the ceiling is nice too, looks great !

Cheers,
Ikaros

I guess there are always lots of opinions, and I guess it depends on how you treat your engines and how often you run them....

I always run all fuel out of my engines and pack them with lots of "outboard motor storage oil". I have several planes and a family so, I'm never sure how long any plane will be stored....

Letting bearings dry out will invite rust. By storing them nose down and, when they haven't run for a while, I insert more oil (and rotate a few turns to spread) I ensure thes stay well lubricated....

@phillybaby: i told you to clean your shed!!!! i cant survive there between all those planes

I have made this rack of 3/4" PVC. Each plane has a seperate rack and they all stack on each other. I transport three of them in my pick up this way, using bungee to hold them down.

Anywhere out of reach of my 3 year old is a winner for me! I just hang them on my ceiling.

If you got the room... We use folding Bicycle racks from Lowe's at $5 ea... Then put a little foam pipe insulation for padding on the hooks...

Makes it easy to setup a charging station that have leads going to each plane...

Here is a picture of my planes. I keep them is a small storage shed.

Only one complete plane in my hanger but...

Simple concept; screwed 18" lengths of 3/4" PVC pipe to the studs spaced 30" horizontal and 12" vertical then covered them with self adhesive foam pipe insulation.

The frame of the shelf is made the same way.

The bookshelf in the background was leftover from an old desk.

Total Cost: $6.00

I started the Spectra on the top shelf back in 1990... maybe I'll finish it someday....

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Links Fixed...

thats what I use Mordib. works great. Need some padding though or it will indent in the stab.