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Product Review => Product Reviews => Topic started by: minnesotamodeler on June 19, 2007, 05:02:06 PM
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Well, they (Tower Hobbies) finally broke down my resistance to mail-order balsa with a "$20 off a $50 order" offer--that's a 40% discount, for the math challenged--off prices that were already significantly lower than my LHS. I couldn't resist even though I like to hand-pick my wood. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I said. Try it and see, I said. How bad could it be?, I said.
OK, got the wood. Plywood looks good, 5 ply, standard aircraft grade, cheap, 40% off of cheap, I'm happy. Balsa, basically looks good, pretty straight edges, clear grain. 1/16" sheet weighs 7.5#, pretty good. 1/8" sheet, 9#, that's OK, I can use that. 3/32" sheet, 9.3#, ditto. Various sticks, no problem, around 10#, OK for LEs, etc. 1/4" sheet, well, that varies from 12# to 16#, pretty dense I'm afraid. Not sure where I'll be able to use it.
But all in all, for the money, I'm not complaining. Delivery was accomplished in a timely manner, about a week I think. Packaged nicely, no damage (I wondered how that would go). Would I recommend them? Well, not if you're looking for 4-6# wood, no. Otherwise, sure, general quality is good. I'm satisfied.
--Ray
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I bought from them twice. Once many years ago I bought a bundle of 1/16"X3"X36" and a like bundle of the 3/23" thickness sheets, The wood was of good quality with no wormholes and was very straight. No warps! As cheap as it was I too was pretty dimayed with the rather high (in my opinion) density of the wood. I still have some of this wood!
The second time I decided to get some sticks and bought a bundle of 1/8" sq 36" length and a mixd bundle that had 1/2", 3/8" down to 3/32" sq. and both of these were very nice. Not as heavy as the first batch but within the 12#-16# range which is average and normal. Very usable for most things anless you are really trying to trim things down.
I think the wood is OK an I will buy from them again but I prefer to get most of my wood from Lone Star Balsa.
Robert
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just keep in mind that if the airframe weighs 25 oz. with 8 lb. wood, it's going to weigh 50 oz. with 16 lb. wood. Decent weight stunters really can't use wood over 8 lb. except for very special parts or in very small quantities. Even for sport flying it makes a huge difference. An extra 5 or 6 ounces of wood can really kill the performance of something like a Ringmaster.