Building a classic model airplane free flight and rubber powered, from an old design from FROG, the widgeon is a nice small first experience for anyone starting in the hobby. It uses balsa wood and ...

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 ...

Lots of kids wish they could build an airplane and fly away, but Dutch teenager Jesse van Kuijk has become one of the rare few to make it happen with his pedal-powered plane made out of balsa wood, ...

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 ...

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 ...