foam or balsa wood planes into an app-controlled DIY remote-control toy. The unit features a battery-powered carbon fiber ...

Just a few strips of balsa wood fitted together to form a fuselage ... of his ready-to-fly gliders and rubber-band-powered toy airplanes that made the business take off. Sold all over the world ...

Balsa wood has long been revered for its strength and lightweight composition, two properties that make it ideal for building model structures and airplanes. Researchers from the US and China have ...