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The Price od Balsa...Yikes!!!
The last time I purchased an order of balsa it had gone up in price from $9.00 for a 3"x3" x 3 6"
block to $13.00 a block. No big deal right. This time $24.00 for the same piece. 3"x 4" x 35" is $45.77! OUCH! but...free shipping. Sorry, just venting.
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And I used to think two part urethane foam was expensive when I was turning large nosecones. Good thing I still have several balsa blocks left!
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Maybe the folks in Cadillac are buying up the world's supply? Of course, the last time I was there, they said the windmill industry was buying a lot of it and they were fighting for their supply.
(AAR Cadillac now AAR Mobility Systems) I see that the Busy Bee is permanently closed.... Quote:
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I first started hearing the windmill industry was driving up prices around 10 + years ago. It didn't help prices any when Lonestar Balsa went up in flames about the same time. Wind farms are increasing so I don't see it getting better. They should go to two part marine foam and leave the balsa to us.
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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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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 Quote:
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Thanks for the lesson, Fred. But I think you knew what I meant. And like I said, some of the kit producers used hardwood (balsa).
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