Balsa wood | Balsa wood Types | Balsa wood Used? |Balsa wood properties | Balsa Sheets Production

This video contains a detail explanation behind the Balsa wood properties.
Different types of Balsa wood that are available from Production to Market.
How to distinguish between various types of Balsa wood in the market while buying.
Choice of balsa wood for various regions of the Aircraft based on their physical properties.
Some balsa wood types may be used common to various regions/parts of Aircraft, where either of the type can be used.
Sometime certain grains types may not be available for construction, where other types can be used but with preferred constraints.
Balsa wood usually that is available in the market has a dimension of 10cm x 100cm. These sheets has thickness that vary from 1mm to 10mm.
Balsa wood block is also available which is mostly used for craft, arts, architecture purposes only.
Certain manufacturers produce Balsa wood Spars, Trailing Edge and Leading edges of various sizes. We would try to cover up those in other Fabrication videos.
Before making purchase make sure the quantity of Balsa wood of each type is required for the construction. 1 extra sheet based on your calculation can be added to avoid reordering in case of shortage.
Since Balsa wood can easily break during shipments, avoid ordering single sheets. Some sellers do not ship small quantity as Balsa sheet can break and loose reputation or the packaging cost is high.
Balsa wood being one of the lightest wood available which has a very high strength to weight ratio is being used in Aeromodelling. To make the aircraft more strong and light weight, structural designs are preferred which reduces the weight by 30%.
Balsa wood are available in Hobby stores online or offline.
The following links are sellers providing Balsa wood online supplies
Most of the following stores have a branch in Bangalore also.
RC Dhamaka: www.rcdhamaka.c...
RC Bazaar: rcbazaar.com/ca...
Havoc Hobby: havochobby.in/...
Happy Landings: happylandingsi...
RC Hyderabad: www.rchyderabad...
Editing: Madan MM (Madan_madhavan_m)