WHERE TO BUY GOOD BALSA

[doug coursey]

IM LOOKING FOR SOME 1/8 X 4X 48  BALSA FOR FUSE SIDES IN 6 TO 7 LB RANGE,I WENT ON NATIONAL BALSA SITE AND THEY WANT $19.10 PER SHEET FOR THERE AERO LIGHT WOOD AND EXTRA 35% TO CHOOSE A POUND WEIGHT  BETWEEN 2 POUNDS..SO THATS GOING TO BE ALMOST $30 A SHEET...THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $70 FOR 2 SHEETS THAT MIGHT BE CLOSE TO THE SAME WEIGHT.

[Crist Rigotti]

No need to shout.

[Brett Buck]

IM LOOKING FOR SOME 1/8 X 4X 48  BALSA FOR FUSE SIDES IN 6 TO 7 LB RANGE,I WENT ON NATIONAL BALSA SITE AND THEY WANT $19.10 PER SHEET FOR THERE AERO LIGHT WOOD AND EXTRA 35% TO CHOOSE A POUND WEIGHT  BETWEEN 2 POUNDS..SO THATS GOING TO BE ALMOST $30 A SHEET...THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $70 FOR 2 SHEETS THAT MIGHT BE CLOSE TO THE SAME WEIGHT.

    Please to not post all caps.

     Get in touch with Elliot Scott (BYU on Stunthanger).

     Brett

     

[Ken Culbertson]

I don't know where you are but the Hobby Lobby's here in Dallas have consistently had 6-7lb 1/8" and 1/4" wood.  Anything else is a joke.

Ken

[Dan McEntee]

  Good balsa is where you find it, and that's why you just have to keep looking and buy it when you find it.

  Type at you later,
   Dan McEntee

[doug coursey]

  Good balsa is where you find it, and that's why you just have to keep looking and buy it when you find it.
BALSA USA has what they call soft,medium and hard balsa for 9.08 a sheet which is 42 inch long


  Type at you later,
   Dan McEntee

[doug coursey]

I don't know where you are but the Hobby Lobby's here in Dallas have consistently had 6-7lb 1/8" and 1/4" wood.  Anything else is a joke.
the one here only has 36" length and i need at least 42" for the fuse

Ken

[Dave_Trible]

I have pretty good luck with Balsa USA.   I order the hand select soft and the majority is in the 5.5-6.5 range.   Length?   I splice as necessary,  usually up in the area where nose doublers are being used anyway,  between the wing and the spinner.

Dave

[doug coursey]

I have pretty good luck with Balsa USA.   I order the hand select soft and the majority is in the 5.5-6.5 range.   Length?   I splice as necessary,  usually up in the area where nose doublers are being used anyway,  between the wing and the spinner.

Dave

i thought about splicing but if i can the longer sheet it would be better so i dont have a joint to deal with,im going with balsa usa,i m going to get a few sheets of soft and a few of medium..

[doug coursey]

i thought about splicing but if i can the longer sheet it would be better so i dont have a joint to deal with,im going with balsa usa,i m going to get a few sheets of soft and a few of medium..i just wasnt sure about their service

[Dave_Trible]

Their service has been great as far as I'm concerned.  I can order on Monday and it gets to Kansas by Wednesday or Thursday.  BTW they also sell very good epoxy in either 12 minute or 30 minute.  I usually throw some into each order.

Dave

[doug coursey]

Their service has been great as far as I'm concerned.  I can order on Monday and it gets to Kansas by Wednesday or Thursday.  BTW they also sell very good epoxy in either 12 minute or 30 minute.  I usually throw some into each order.

Dave

I ordered from them today maby out of 8 sheets i can get 2 that will work...4 soft and 4 medium, ill let you know what they are like

[Dennis Toth]

Doug,
National Balsa has sales going on all the time, check out their website and facebook page.

Best,   DennisT

[Robert Zambelli]

Brodak has a good supply of balsa.
I'm not sure if they will select various weights for you nor do I know about pricing.

Bob Z.

[Mike Griffin]

    Please to not post all caps.

     Get in touch with Elliot Scott (BYU on Stunthanger).

     Brett

   

Sent you a PM Brett.

Mike

[doug coursey]

got my 8 sheets of 1/8 x4 x 42 inch balsa from Balsa USA today  2 sheets were 4.9 lb ,2 were 5.08 lb,2 were 5.4 lb,1 was 6.7 lb and 1 was 7.1 lb it was all B grain  very nice wood...i ordered 4 sheets of soft and 4 sheets of medium

[Gary Dowler]

Estate sales where the guy flew, you can sometimes find such listings on Craigslist. I got a ton of glow plugs from a guy in exactly this manner once.   Dont write off  sources like Michaels or Hobby Lobby.  They sometimes have wood selections by the sheet as opposed to the packaged stuff, apparently it varies by location. I recently got a handful of 4x36 1/16 sheets at Hobby lobby that were 6.5-7lb stuff.  Just went through the stack a sheet at a time feeling for the "light" ones.

Gary

[Paul Taylor]

    Please to not post all caps.

     Get in touch with Elliot Scott (BYU on Stunthanger).

     Brett

   

He miss ALL CAPS day. 🤣🤣🤣

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[Paul Smith]

My sources are Balsa USA and The Toledo RC Show every April.

When 80% of the buyers demand the lightest 5% of the crop, not everybody wins.
Most of the time there were three waves of pickers who went over the stock before you got there.
If your wood is heavy, it's also very strong. So alter the design to use less wood.

[Gerald Arana]

My sources are Balsa USA and The Toledo RC Show every April.

When 80% of the buyers demand the lightest 5% of the crop, not everybody wins.
Most of the time there were three waves of pickers who went over the stock before you got there.
If your wood is heavy, it's also very strong. So alter the design to use less wood.

Yes, this is true. Also heavy wood makes good (strong) spars and other parts where you need strength.

Good luck, Jerry