Standard balsa

BALSA 40*100*1000mm PANAMA STANDARD

€16.74
12-9605
Panama
In stock

Balsa board from Panama for building flying and boatbuilding models.

Dimensions:

  • thickness: 40 mm
  • dimension: 100x1000 mm
  • class: standard
  • price for 1 piece

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 in the construction of gliders and airplanes. The famous British Mosquito of World War II was made largely of sandwich composites using balsa.