Tips on Making Balsa Wood Airplane

Tips on Making Balsa Wood Airplane

Balsa wood is lightweight and soft, and it is easy to work with, so it can be chosen as the ideal choice for the raw material to make balsa wood airplane. Balsa wood can be cut and assembled very easily. Do you want to make the balsa wood airplane by yourself? You can do it very easily if you read the introduction below very carefully.
In order to make balsa wood airplane, you may need the following things, like balsa wood, pencil, utility knife, sandpaper, wood glue and so forth. You should paint the wing tips with glue to add to their strength since they are vulnerable for breakages. Too heavy or too light will be not good for flying. You should sand a little off the balsa wood until the weight feels balanced if the balsa wood airplane seems too heavy at the front or back when flying. Well, you should paint these areas with glue to give it more weight if the airplane seems too light in places when flying. Next, we will show you how to make the balsa wood airplane.
First of all, you should draw two rectangles. The first one should be about 12 inches long and 2 inches wide. Trace a curve on two of the rectangle's corners to get the shape of the wings. As to the second rectangle, it should be 3 inches long and 2 inches wide. You should curb two corners as you do to get the wings, which will become the tail of your airplane. Make the upright portion of the airplane's tail by drawing a 2 inch square then round off two of the square's corners. You also should draw a airplane body. And it should be 10 inches long and 1 inch wide.
Then, use the utility knife to cut out the outlined components of the balsa wood airplane. Use the sandpaper to sand the straight edge of the wing piece so that it graduates down to a thickness of around 1/8 inch along the straight edge. In order to ensure the spine is facing upward, you should hold the body of the airplane vertically.
Third, you should center the wings over the body, about 4 inches back from the nose. T hen place a line of glue along the center of the wings and glue it to the top of the body, flat graduated side facing the back of the plane. You should place another line of glud after the first line dry.
At last, as the way you glue the wings, you should glue and center the tail piece to the spine of the body. The tail should be placed upright in the center of the tail piece. Dry it naturally in a well ventilated place for about 1 hour. After it has dry, you should test to see whether the balsa wood airplane can fly well.

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