Storing Tips for Small Spaces?

[Kafin Noe’man]

Hi all,

As time goes by, I keep adding new planes to my collection 
Currently, I’ve got Banshee, Vector, Cardinal, and Nobler.

And since I live in an apartment and space is very limited, I’d like to know how you store your planes.
Any storing tips/ideas for small spaces?


Best,
Kafin

[Peter in Fairfax, VA]

Hung from the leadouts.  Either cup hooks on a bar or loops from a pipe.

[Ken Culbertson]

Hi all,

As time goes by, I keep adding new planes to my collection 
Currently, I’ve got Banshee, Vector, Cardinal, and Nobler.

And since I live in an apartment and space is very limited, I’d like to know how you store your planes.
Any storing tips/ideas for small spaces?


Best,
Kafin

https://www.cram-a-lot.com/sites/default/files/apartmentcompmain.png
 

Seriously, I have either hung them by their tailwheels on the wall (cover the spot where the wheels hit and put a bag over the nose to catch the drippings).  You can stagger the wings to get more to the wall or hang them from the ceiling upside down by their wheels.  If you have the floor space an angled rack works nice.  You can go floor to ceiling on a 4 x 6 corner.  A lot of guys use them.  Maybe somebody has a pix they could post. 

Ken

[Brent Williams]

If you have room on your ceiling, this is a convenient way to store airplanes.  Inexpensive Hang-All storage hooks work great for this purpose.

[Paul Taylor]

Do a search here and you will find a lot of examples.

[Bob Hunt]

Wall space can be eaten up quickly by hanging just a few models by their tailwheel struts against the wall. If you have some space out in the room a good way to store a lot of models is horizontally. You can stagger the supports as shown in the photo below to allow a lot of planes to be stored in a fairly tight area. I use wooden dowels sunk into doubled 2 x 3 plates that are lag bolted to the wall. Then I slide air conditioning insulation sleeves over the dowels to provide a soft resting place for the wings. Works perfectly.

Later - Bob Hunt

[Curare]

Wall space can be eaten up quickly by hanging just a few models by their tailwheel struts against the wall. If you have some space out in the room a good way to store a lot of models is horizontally. You can stagger the supports as shown in the photo below to allow a lot of planes to be stored in a fairly tight area. I use wooden dowels sunk into doubled 2 x 3 plates that are lag bolted to the wall. Then I slide air conditioning insulation sleeves over the dowels to provide a soft resting place for the wings. Works perfectly.

Later - Bob Hunt

Bob, how do you not snag up on those tailplanes all the time?

[Bob Hunt]

LOL! Yeah that worried me for a while, Greg, but then I just adjusted to the fact that they were there and was careful not to hit them. I also have some power tools on stands (not visible in the photo) that are stored just in front of the bench that is under the racks. It would take some doing to accidentally hit them. This would not be a problem for the planes stored in the upper slots of the racks. So, if space is an issue, and you are fearful of hitting the lower placed planes, just store a couple up high. I've had this rack for several years, and no planes have been damaged in any way. Just a suggestion...

Later - Bob

[Dick Pacini]

I don't know, Bob.  Looks like you knocked the rudders off most of them.

[PerttiMe]

I've seen racks made out of insulation foam sheet: cut slots for the wing. For stunt models, you'd have to pick pretty rigid foam sheet.

[Peter in Fairfax, VA]

My old apartment before I was married had wall racks.  It's true that hanging against the wall and against the ceiling both take no floor space. Neither do wall mounted racks.  Hanging from the leadouts does require a series of cup hooks (my rig), or a pipe, or even a garment rack.

The benefit of leadout hanging is that it places no stress on the structure.  While balsa sheeted foam probably won't dent that much from where the plane rests on the rack, silkspan on open bays is more fragile, in my experience. Even with the foam or rubber pipe insulation, some denting occurs.

thanks,

Peter