Rocket Display

[John Galt]

My wife and I have over 200 rockets that have been built and are randomly displayed on our basement floor.
I am looking for ideas on how to consolidate, organize, stack, display, etc.
I would appreciate photos too.
Thank you.

 

[Hobie1dog]

you could go to Lowe's or Home Depot and buy the White shelving boards that are sometimes 12 -18 in deep by 8 ft long and then mount them up on the side walls with brackets. then you can go down through and drill a whole series of holes. this will allow you to run screws up through into pieces of wooden dowel rods that you cut off about two to three inches long of various sizes. that way you can slide Rockets down over the dowel stubs.

 

[David Schwantz]

I built a floor mount holder out of pvc pipe. Maake a square with 90 elbows going up and then just put your mmt on the pipe.

 

[OverTheTop]

Candle holder with 3D printed, or dowel, insert.

 

[OverTheTop]

Motor case or other tubing bolted to chair base.

 

[OverTheTop]

Bespoke brackets that bolt on where the curtain supports fix to the wall.

 

[kitchw8436]

 

[Hobie1dog]

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Awesome, up out the way

 

[KenECoyote]

Just last night I was thinking about something like this for my larger rockets...


I think you can find the single column one pretty cheap at some discount places. I was thinking of using two so it's supported on both ends and rocket direction would alternate to fit more of them.

 

[Hobie1dog]

Just last night I was thinking about something like this for my larger rockets...

and I was thinking of just the opposite where it would be good for smaller Rockets, but the compartments are likely only 14 16 in deep?

 

[KenECoyote]

and I was thinking of just the opposite where it would be good for smaller Rockets, but the compartments are likely only 14 16 in deep?

I was going to cut out the backstop...I think I had one without it.

 

[mjennings]

I use sheets of peg board and 1/2" dowels to build shelves for rockets. For 18 mm and 24 mm spent motor casings are glued to the end of the dowel. I sand a notch in the side of the dowel for engine hook clearance for 13 mm.

 

[neil_w]

Ye ol' rocket wall.

Not nearly the densest possible storage arrangement, but in this location I am mostly limited to wall space, and so this approach works for me. Very easy to reconfigure, which I have done many times.

 

[John Galt]

Clever. I like it.

Bespoke brackets that bolt on where the curtain supports fix to the wall.
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[John Galt]

Thank you. That was a lot of help and inspiring.

 

[jahhash]

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Great way to display with limited space.

 

[Sandy H.]

My wife and I have over 200 rockets that have been built and are randomly displayed on our basement floor.
I am looking for ideas on how to consolidate, organize, stack, display, etc.
I would appreciate photos too.
Thank you.

I'm not 100% sure how accessible you want the rockets to be quickly vs. what level of display you're looking for. Check out this for an awesome display at the Boeing Museum in Seattle - great display in a big building, but obviously not easy to gain access to fly a particular rocket. . .

http://hararocketry.org/hara/narcon-dedicates-model-rocketry-exhibit-at-museum-of-flight/
Lots of people do hang rockets from their garage ceiling horizontally, sometimes with fishing line or similar and other times using racks. Aesthetically, it works OK for scale air-to-air missiles, as that is their flight profile, but it is less aesthetically pleasing for sport rockets or scale models that fly to space, IMO.

For just organization and functionality with display/theme as a secondary pursuit, I think the ideas already presented are great.

A few people have used pillow stuffing to make it look like rocket exhaust and posted pictures on the forum. The one specific one I'm somewhat remembering was a pretty big rocket in a corner, but I think the idea has been used a few times. Sorry I don't have a link to the one I'm thinking of, but this is the general thought: https://www.rocketryforum.com/threa...cture-no-comments-or-text.166783/post-2153406 . Hopefully someone posts the version that was posted on this forum, as it was cool.

Hope you post a pic or 10 of what you try!

Sandy.