A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved in its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of fun. In this video, I explain how to make it from the beginning. In this ...

A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved in its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of ...

Many readers may fondly recall building rubber-band-powered balsa wood model airplanes. While the things were kinda cool, they didn't fly for long, nor could they be remotely controlled. Such is not ...

From left: John Robison, Matt Druckerhammer and Floyd Czoski fly a One Nite28 balsa wood airplane, a Thermic B glider and a Thermic 18 glider respectively on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 at the South Hill ...

I never actually computed my hours of flight time, but I know it was pretty substantial. In spring of years past, as the weather warmed up, boy, oh boy, did I ever put planes into the air. Remember ...

Back in the days of “Leave it to Beaver,” dad and lad could be found bonding not only their relationship but also pieces of balsa wood into radio-controlled model airplanes. After weeks or even months ...

On cue, eight boys sent their ultralight balsa wood airplanes sailing. The fifth- and sixth-graders looked up in awe, murmuring an occasional “Wow” and “Whoa,” as their rubber-band-powered creations ...

For the average child, killing hours on end tossing an easily assembled balsa wood toy plane isn't an uncommon occurrence; for Mark Clews, however, those flat packed crafts weren't exhilarating enough ...