I finally came up with a cheap and easy way to store my helicopters on their flight stands. Materials are tubular foam insulation from Home Depot with a 1" inner diameter (the flight stands have a 1" hexagonal base on the bottom), Really Useful Boxes from Staples, and some cardboard cut to size - foam core would do nicely for that as well.
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| The tubular insulation. They were about $2.50 each. The two of them will probably be all I ever need. |
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| Cut the cardboard or foam core to size so it fits snugly in the box you will hold the Helicopters in. Cut the tubular insulation so it covers the base. I cut mine at about 3/4" high. |
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| Glue the rings to the cardboard and let sit overnight to dry. In the morning put the helicopters in. |
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| Some aircraft as well. Next up is to make these for my Vietnam helicopters as well. |
A possible addition would be to make columns that fit snugly against the top of the carry case to keep the whole thing from bouncing around if I hit a bump while driving to the game location. Total cost was $5 for the tube insulation and $15 for the boxes. If I needed to buy foam core it is available for $1 a sheet at the local dollar store.
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