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Posted: Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:08 PM Quote
You guys ever thought about stocking building materials for rc planes, balsa wood, depron, etc?

Would be nice to be able to buy That kind of stuff from you guys ^_^

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Posted: Friday, September 17, 2010 10:06 AM Quote
we have. we can get it easily and at good prices. only problem is only 2 people have ever asked for it. and secondly its a problematic item to ship

but lets see. how many people want balsa? and what sizes?

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Posted: Friday, September 17, 2010 2:34 PM Quote
how much can you get it? im looking to build a plane so not realy quite sure what size i need yet, just getting prices. i can always fetch from you guys perhaps?
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Posted: Monday, September 20, 2010 2:06 PM Quote
the wood i get is midwest balsa. i have not stocked it for asome time so im not 100% sure of the pricing? give me an example of the size you need and ill get some prices.
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Posted: Monday, September 20, 2010 8:37 PM Quote
at the moment all im looking for is a couple pieces (not sure how big they come) 3mm thick
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Posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:44 PM Quote
from what i can see. it would be around R18 for a sheet of 3.2mm

not sure how this compares to local prices?

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Posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 5:27 PM Quote
whats the dimensions of that?
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Posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:49 PM Quote
36" long and 4 inches wide

basically 1m long and 10cm wide.

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Posted: Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:21 AM Quote
been doing some poking around and found this stuff called Eco foam board/ Eco board. Suppose to be cheaper, lighter and stronger than balsa,

http://www.ecospecifier.co.za/products/public/greentech_eco_board_ecg_premium_cat_2_stock_available

this place has a write up/ spec about it, what you think?
A few places iv found say its a cheaper and lighter replacement to MDF. its rated 1.1g per m3 not sure how accurate that is, since i think balse is generaly 120kg/m3 (from what i can tell anyway) which would make the eco board VERY lightweight in comparison. Maybe a new building material for planes? :D

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Posted: Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:30 AM Quote
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