BALSA 1,5*100*1000mm ( 10 boards ) SANTIAGO STANDARD

Santiago balsa board for building flying and boatbuilding models.

Dimensions:

• thickness: 1.5 mm
• dimension: 100x1000 mm
• grade: standard
• price for 10 pieces

Did you know that:

Balsa (Ochroma lagopus) is a species of tree from the woolly subfamily (lighter than cork), found in the forests of South and Central America, as well as in the Antilles and Ceylon. The tree grows up to 15 meters, the leaves are egg-shaped and heart-shaped, and the flowers are pollinated by bats ! Depending on the location (cross-section of the trunk) there is variation in hardness, the closer to the center the softer. It was used as a filling or insulating material in the construction of houses (in America, of course). It was also used to build gliders and airplanes. The famous British Mosquito of World War II was made largely of sandwich composites using balsa.