This time we're going to modify our last glider to make it RC, with a micro motor so we can have a lot more fun flying for up ...

A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved on its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of ...

From left: John Robison, Matt Druckerhammer and Floyd Czoski fly a One Nite28 balsa wood airplane, a Thermic B glider and a Thermic 18 glider respectively on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 at the South Hill ...

Such is not the case, however, with the new Tornado Updraft 12. The remote-control aircraft comes in the form of an assemble-it-yourself kit, and is the result of a collaboration between US companies ...

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, ...

Which flying model airplane kit is best? There are plenty of flying model airplane kits out there for everyone from enthusiastic adults to small kids, and it can be fun to put one together as a child ...

Where does the balsa tree grow? Why is it so lightweight? What is it good for? Why do I even want to talk about it? Balsa trees were mentioned a few times in a story of jungle survival by a group of ...

The glue dries on a straight-wing glider; flight tests after dinner My son, Ian, is working on a 7th grade science project, and is studying what wing position works best for maximum glide — that is, ...