[Spindrift]

Hi all,

Just finished my rudder and am struggling to find a place to store it that won't risk damage. My VS is under the bed, but the bracket at the bottom of the rudder is just a little too big to slide under. Any ideas/suggestions on where to stash it?

Thanks,
bill
RV7a

 

[thallock]

Bill,
After leaving all of my empennage parts outside under a tarp for a year, I brought them inside, and everything is attached to the ceiling of my garage. I had all of the parts wrapped in plastic and sealed, but my dogs got under the cover and clawed through all of the plastic and consequently, rain got in, and I had a little corrosion where the parts were not primed.

Now, everything is held to the ceiling using 4 hooks per piece with cord strung between the hooks (each piece lays on the cord). The HS is up against the back wall of my shop.

Tracy.

 

[dan]

Wire through the hinges, hang it like a portrait on your living room wall?

 

[Paul Thomas]

Wire through the hinges, hang it like a portrait on your living room wall?

That's my plan. It's art! All emp part will be stored inside the house this way it will benefit from the A/C.

 

[jsherblon]

Use Dan's idea - hang it on the wall polish it. Tell visitors it's a mirror from the VanGrunsven school of design.

 

[cjensen]

Do you have a second or third bedroom that is used for the seldom guest? Here's my entire emp in the guest room (right after we moved in)-

We don't have many guests, but it always brings up questions...

I do have them covered with blankets to keep dust off of them, but it's nice to have them inside and climate controlled...

 

[Captain_John]

Mine is hung up on the garage wall.

CJ

 

[AX-O]

This is my HS. I did not get to hang the rudder before I left on travel. Plan to do the same thing with the rudder when I get back home.

check here for more info.

 

[John Courte]

In the rafters

the soon-to-be master bathroom upstairs has exposed beams.. VS/rudder and HS go up there just fine. if you put them in an area where people converse, you will get a strange analog reverb sound effect.

 

[Mel]

I would caution about storing aluminum parts in a bathroom. The high humidity levels do not agree with proper storage of aluminum.