All About Balsa

[Rocket Doctor]

Info on Balsa

http://www.rcscalebuilder.com/tutorials/Balsa/balsa_1.htm

[Peartree]

Thanks, Doc! That answered several of the tings I have been idly wondering about but hadn't bothered to ask yet. I'm gonna have to grab a copy of that.

[Rocket Doctor]

Thanks, Doc! That answered several of the tings I have been idly wondering about but hadn't bothered to ask yet. I'm gonna have to grab a copy of that.

No problem.......glad to help !

RD

[Bob Kaplow]

Info on Balsa

http://www.rcscalebuilder.com/tutorials/Balsa/balsa_1.htm

Looks like much of this information came out of the old SIG catalog. They used to have a wealth of information about balsa, most of which has been removed over the years. Here's an archive of the old stuff that used to be in the SIG catalog years ago.

http://www.go-cl.se/balsa.html

Pound for pound, balsa wood is as strong as steel. I've got a 1" cube of balsa that I use when I'm giving talks on the subject. That 1" cube is strong enough to hold Peter's bigger brother Bob Alway. It weighs about 2-3 grams.

[Gus]

That 1" cube is strong enough to hold Peter's bigger brother Bob Alway.

Yeah, but that's just a trick, Bob. Anyone who has ever met Bob Alway knows how buoyant his spirit is. You get him teaching a kid about rockets and he just about floats off the ground. :D