balsa

The C5 still used the leaf-spring suspension, and balsa wood sandwiched between the floorboards as a cost cutting measure.

It's not fast, but it's just the thing if you want to make wing profiles for a balsa RC airplane.

We've all seen this kind of nonsense before, devs making their own blogging engines out of duct tape and balsa wood.

We had coins made with lead on one side and balsa wood on the other.

Having coins made up with lead on one side and balsa wood on the other.

It's a spectrum between balsa-wood-and-rubber-band-kits and $4M-predator-drone (with a 48-foot wingspan and a 675-mile range).

These are usually are made from balsa and can be broken with a finger.

He showed that it was possible to go by balsa wood raft to Polynesia.

I would imagine different wood types (walnut, mahogany, balsa) would require slightly different tooling and handling...

How about I throw a few pounds of low-speed balsa wood into your car windshield at 75 mph/120kmph and see what happens?

That you think a few pounds of low speed balsa wood and a high explosive guided missile are equally dangerous to an aircraft exemplifies the problem.

Remote control planes have been around for decades - you grandfather probably had one made of things like balsa.

If someone says "I'm gonna bring down the Golden Gate Bridge with this 12" stick of balsa wood." you don't give them a second thought.

Last month Patrick Geraghty, an administrative law judge with the National Transportation Safety Board ruled "the FAA regulations approved for manned aircraft did not apply to unmanned aircraft any more than they applied to paper airplanes or balsa wood planes." The FAA is appealing the decision, but as of right now it may pique their interest, but it's not illegal.

Balsa is a hardwood and is decidedly not hard.