Helicopter rotor blades are no longer made out of wood, rather they're made out of composite materials to maximize their ...

Airplane enthusiasts took to the skies on Saturday as the Fox Valley Aero Club offered its annual Festival of Flight public ...

It's not every day you see an airplane roll into a car show, let alone a homemade one. That's what happened on June 3, 2025, ...

THERE WAS BALSA WOOD. IT’S BASICALLY GLUE ... has sparked imaginations and sent millions of model airplanes soaring — from living room launches to backyard dogfights. Founded in 1926 by ...

Imagine cutting a sheet of wood with nothing more than a utility knife. That's balsa for you. You may remember this ultralight-weight wood from model plane kits in childhood. Bring this material out ...

Soon after, Guillow designed a line of balsa flying model construction kits ... I think you have the lousiest planes from the lousiest wood (please take this as an insult): drop dead.” ...

It looks nice and reminds us of the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra's Nordic Wood model. However, it's unclear whether Motorola has used actual wood coating for the Razr 60 Ultra or if it's just a material ...

A slight twist from other entries on this list, this game lets you create and then fly your own balsa wood planes. The game utilizes much of the physics behind airplanes, though. And like most of ...

An international team of model aeroplane enthusiasts say they have managed ... some 38 hours after it took off from Canada. The balsa wood and mylar plane flew 3,039 kilometres (1,888 miles) using ...

Balsa wood is a fast-growing, lightweight hardwood tree found in tropical climates, mainly Central and South America. Its wood is valued for its low density, making it suitable for model building, ...

They now get together every Monday night to add another turbine, turret, or balsa wood strut to whichever model plane they’ve been chipping away at for the past few weeks or months.