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Old 08-21-2019, 04:46 PM
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Balsa is a hardwood.


Pine (FSI cones) is a softwood.


Density does not equal 'type' of wood.


I've had a few tens of thousands of nose cones made from Birch. For BT-5, 30, 50. I still have hundreds of the NC-5 cones and 3 foot long BT-5 tubes. I used to make a LOT of kits for local classes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softwood



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Originally Posted by mojo1986
What about some other heavier woods? Still cheap, and you want some weight up front anyway. Some of the old kit producers used to use hardwood.
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