Dick Hanson wrote a 2-part series on building lightly in 3-D Flyer recently. He spoke of using balsa, spruce, and thin plywood to maximize strength while minimizing weight.<br><br>Another excellent article I have read was by Keith Shaw, who is a master and visionary designer of large electric scale planes over the last 25 years or more. I will try to find my copy of it, but I downloaded it from the internet.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/28/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">White, Chris</b> <<a href="mailto:chris@ssd.fsi.com">chris@ssd.fsi.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Can anyone tell me where a person
can get a "Crash" course in learning about balsa weights and
strength and its proper use in balsa pattern models.</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I notice a few years ago that in the 99
world champs most of the Japanese pilots models were balsa and light weight
too. It seems that everything I read of late seems to indicate that light
weight and strength only come with composite construction.</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Thanks….Chris</span></font></p>
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