Aircraft > Building Materials

Q-62: I’m kind of new at the model aircraft hobby and have been reading many references to using foam (Styrofoam) as a lightweight, inexpensive building material. How can I learn more of the details of this type of material? Answer ...

Q-93: In many of his columns, Dave Robelen says to find light balsa when building micro or indoor type RC aircraft. But what is light balsa? Dave refers to so many pounds of balsa density. This is no help to me. What I need is simply the weight per sheet for the various popular sizes. Answer...