Floyd Czoski winds up the rubber-band propeller on balsa wood airplane with a machine known as a "winding stooge" on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 at the South Hill Sports Complex in Spokane, Wash. The ...

Many readers may fondly recall building rubber-band-powered balsa wood model airplanes. While the things were kinda cool, they didn't fly for long, nor could they be remotely controlled. Such is ...

Top flying model airplane kit for the money Sky Bandits Balsa Wood and Styrofoam Airplane Set What you need to know: This flying model airplane kit comes with two rubber-band-powered propeller ...

This is our first balsa wood kit, really proud and excited to announce the new Tanár, a kit for beginners but also for whoever wants to have some fun with a balsa wood rc plane like this. We have ...

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 ...

So it was that in time I was able to buy a big monster of a balsa wood plane called “The Hornet.” It had a plastic propeller with a thick rubber band, as well as a wingspan I couldn’t believe.

MELBOURNE — One of America's foremost model airplane builders carefully assembles balsa-wood aircraft inside his garage near the Indian River Lagoon, adding to his wall of plaques and trophies ...

This sleek update, designed by Japanese model-maker Hitoshi Yoshida, trades 19th-century materials for balsa wood and Styrofoam, but it maintains the rubber band mechanism and swooping, nun’s ...