A Simple and Cheap Way to Store Your Planes

Due to the increased need of space for my models, I have created a system for storing and displaying my current hangar. It moves all of the bigger planes into one area and allows for easy access and looks good as well.

The idea was to have two wires stretch across the room, close to the wall and ceiling so it is out of the way. I was able to put the planes so high up because of the tall ceiling height. 

I started by measuring the length of the room that the wire would cross, and how big my planes were so that I could have proper clearance for the tail/rudder. Next, I found steel "rope' or wire and had them cut it to length for me. Home Depot also has a kit for making loops with this steel wire and attached those to large eyelets. The eyelets then went into the wall with some plastic foundations and it was very sturdy.

Before I routed all of the wire, I put pieces of acrylic tubing on the wire to soften the digging into the foam or "hangar rash".

If you tighten the wire enough, it won't sag as much and is not very noticeable because it does not expand the same as rope. I then experimented with different types of airplanes and wings, as it was designed for.

A variety of planes can fit on here, and even multi-rotors if they are big enough. My UMX Radian was a little too small for this exact storage system.

I decided to keep only full airplanes on it to keep it looking nice and orderly.
Some aircraft types do not work well for this setup, because I put it too close to the wall. I forgot to measure the distance that the tail sticks out on my Apprentice and Night Visionaire, so I had to tie down the tail of the Apprentice and the NVA had to be put on it with the motor facing the wall.

This is how it looks complete, with fully assembled planes on display.

An under-side view to see where the wire was placed in relation to the planes.

Overall, this was a very cheap project. All of the material was collected for about $30. For this money, I think it has provided a reliable solution to storing my planes. My only problem in this build was how far away from the wall I installed the wires, because some of the tails stick too far out to be placed facing forward on the two wires without assistance. If someone was to build this, I would recommend making sure your measurements of where the wires are connected to the wall are exactly the same on both walls to keep the wire perfectly flat, and to make sure you know how far the tail section sticks out over the wires. If you install the wires far enough away from the walls, you can hang extremely large airplanes up there, provided they are not too heavy.