All About Balsa...

[BillParker]

Take a look at this:

http://www.parkerinfo.com/balsa.htm

Informative...

bp

[ADW 123]

There was no such thing as forests of balsa trees, until now, growers are now producing plantations. Commonly the trees grow singly or in very small, widely scattered groups in the jungle. As balsa wood has become very popular in the modeling industry, growers had to find a way of producing a greater abundance of balsa, therefore plantations. For hundreds of years, balsa was actually considered a weed tree. They reproduce by growing hundreds of long seed pods, which eventually open up and, with the help of the wind, scatter thousands of new seeds over a large area of the jungle. There they lay and accumulate until one day there is an opening in the jungle canopy large enough for the sun's rays to strike the jungle floor and start the seeds growing

hopefully they can continue growing more and more balsa trees, so the stuff is cheaper. thanks Mr. Parker. this is pretty interesting stuff. who new that this wood would fuel a bunch of Psychotic model builders

[SteveM]

Most attribute that article to SIG.

http://www.imperialrcclub.com/pdf/Misc% ... 200205.pdf
http://www.flyingtigers.ca/Articles/Balsa%20Wood.htm
http://www.thebalsastore.com/index.php? ... 9&Itemid=9
http://www.rcscalebuilder.com/tutorials ... alsa_1.htm
http://www.outerislandsurfboards.com/balsainfo.html
http://www.sinokiko.com/en/introduce.asp
http://students.iitk.ac.in/aeromodellin ... awood.html
http://www.greathobbies.com/technical/tech_balsa_1.php

[BillParker]

HA HA!

Actually originally it was Superior Balsa... (years ago when I stole it...)