Balsa wood has long been revered for its strength and lightweight composition, two properties that make it ideal for building model structures and airplanes. Researchers from the US and China have ...

The model proved too nose ... This allowed the tiny balsa dinosaur to really take off, flying long enough to have some very close encounters with buildings and trees.

Soon after, Guillow designed a line of balsa flying model construction kits—scale models built from a wood frame ... company expanded to a more suitable building nearby. For years, Guillow ...