How To Hang Model Airplanes From The Ceiling

A slipknot should make it easy to adjust the lengths and allow you to take the plane down easily for dusting.

How to hang model airplanes from the ceiling.

In this fast tip chad and josh share some cheap and easy tricks you can do to safely store your rc airplane. Whether you are a model airplane hobbyist or want to create an aviation themed bedroom for a child you can hang model airplanes from your ceiling. Push a piece of fishing line into the forward hole in the fuselage and fasten in place with a drop of superglue. Using more than 1 hook will keep the plane from moving much due to drafts in the room.

When i have to take the model down i just pull out the tail thread thumbtack and put it in fresh ceiling when i put it back up. Many viewers ask us how we hang our planes. That s why this video is so long. Here are several models hanging using the nylon and tack method.

Use the finest fishing line you can find that will support the weight of the model. For example if your model will hang 20 inches from the ceiling cut 52 inches of line 20 20 12 52. Measure and cut two pieces double the length of the distance you want your model to hang from the ceiling plus about 12 inches for adjustments. For example if your model will hang 20 inches from the ceiling cut 52 inches of line 20 20 12 52.

The three of them apprentice pz corsair and eventually the h m corsair would take up a lot of the ceiling. Yep it s an eight foot high ceiling and a small room so i can t really have them hanging down. A clear craft line threaded into a basic eyehook will suspend the airplane. You ll need to tie fishing line around 3 points on the plane e g nose tail and or wings and secure them to hook s on the ceiling.

Some models come with mounting holes but you can still hang airplanes that don t have mounting holes. The kits are huge and just as hard to hang like my revell 1 48 b 29 superfortress. According to my understandings about jet powered and propeller powered aircraft.