Airplane Storage

[Jerry Reider]

I found a way to store my planes, they're out of the way and easily retreived.  I just put four 1" drywall screws on opposing sides of the rafters and I used baling twine and tied loops in each end for each plane.  It works best to hang the plane upside down so you can rest a wheel against a rafter so the plane doesn't hang to one side. 

This is my Shoestring that I bought at an auction for $9.00.  I just added the engine, tank, landing gear and Monokoted the wings.  The guy who built it painted the whole plane with polyurethane.  Even the silkspan on the wings was painted with polyurethane.  It really made it a strong plane.  I've landed it upside down on asphalt twice now with very minor damage.  The first time I ground the Monokote off the near wingtip in the picture.  Yeah, it's ugly, but my ugly planes seem to live the longest.  I scare the daylights out of this thing every time I fly it.

[Charles Carter]

I like this idea because it is simple and inexpensive.

Charles Carter

[FLOYD CARTER]

I have just one plane hanging in my shop.  I keep bumping into the landing gear.  I guess that's a consequence of being 6' 2".  The rest of my models are stored in a 20 X 30 out-building.

Floyd

[Michael Massey]

Floyd,

I hear you are "adding on".

[Jared Hays]

Here is how we store our planes.  The bigger ones hang from their prop on wood strips we mounted along the rafters of our basement then we made a second row for the 35 size planes below the 46 size ones all hanging by their prop.  For the planes that don't have motors we just took a piece of cord and looped it around the landing gear and then a piece of wood like a paint stirring stick (the thick ones) and hung them from that.





Bonus points if you can spot the R/C plane lol  

[John Stiles]

Ceilings are convenient...stay away from ceiling fans though!

[Clint Ormosen]

Here is my rack made out of 2" PVC. I'm going to make another that holds two more models. I left too much space between each one.

[wwwarbird]

 Hey Clint, how about a post with some pics of the Chipmunk?

[wwwarbird]

Bonus points if you can spot the R/C plane lol 

 The foamie P-51.

[Crist Rigotti]

Nope, the foamie is a T-28!

[Jared Hays]

The foamie P-51.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner lol its a Park Zone P-51BL in the Gunfighter scheme

[Jared Hays]

Nope, the foamie is a T-28!

Well your right too but the the T-28 is in Clint Ormosen pic lol

[wwwarbird]

Well your right too but the the T-28 is in Clint Ormosen pic lol

 BAZINGA!

[Clint Ormosen]

Hey Clint, how about a post with some pics of the Chipmunk?

Oh come on! That model has been posted to death here. I don't need it to be like someone's RC Avenger pic.

There's a build thread on it here someplace. I think it dates back to 2007.

[Clint Ormosen]

Well your right too but the the T-28 is in Clint Ormosen pic lol

Yeah ok. Got me. I fly a little RC but I don't bother to build those.

[55chevr]

If you have the room you can oppose the planes and it will counter balance if you cant secure to floor or ceiling.  Just don't take them all off 1 side with the other full. 


Joe

[john e. holliday]

Cool, I wanted to make one of those only free standing due to concrete walls.

MM

They do make anchors for concrete walls to bolt shelves to.  Look around Home Depot or Lowes.

[55chevr]

Tapcons would work without anchors ... Joe

[FLOYD CARTER]

Floyd,

I hear you are "adding on".

Mike has seen my storage building!  Instead of an addition to my building, I have decided to stop building new planes (for a while)

Floyd

[wwwarbird]

Oh come on! That model has been posted to death here.

 Hmm, don't recall that one. I just tried a quick "Chipmunk Clint Ormosen" search and got nothing. Oh well.

[Clint Ormosen]

Hmm, don't recall that one. I just tried a quick "Chipmunk Clint Ormosen" search and got nothing. Oh well.

Ok, here's one.