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

The model is called "Weekend Wren" By Tom Van Musteren. A small rc model that looks like a project that will only take a week ...

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 not ...

The balsa-wood model bridge constructed by Sylvester Morse of Oak Ridge buckles Thursday from the weight of 63 pounds of water during the 14th annual bridge-building competition sponsored by the ...

Ornithopters look silly. They look like something that shouldn’t work. An airplane with no propeller and wings that go flappy-flappy? No way that thing is going to fly. There are, however, a multitude ...

Balsa wood by itself isn’t very strong. But used in the right design, it can withstand pounds of pressure. The students in Mike Johnson’s design classes at Kenowa Hills High School have been trying to ...

No problem group at Odyssey of the Mind touches people as deeply as the Structure or Building problem -- as our Geek Dad Commentors remind us. We spent this morning among the young builders picking up ...

Design and build model airplanes, then take them to the skies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Kerbal Space Program creator ...