Small Balsa Glider

Of course, balsa wood can be cut very quickly. The only problem is that every board behaves differently. Even within a single board, there are areas of varying hardness. In some cases, I had to increase the values to 200%.

My suggestion: if you cover the entire back with adhesive tape, it will look as good as the front afterwards, i.e. without brown streaks.

Now you just have to glue the rest together, which is really not rocket science. Just make sure that everything is more or less at right angles. To get the center of gravity right, you need to add some lead or other weight to the nose. (The center of gravity should be roughly in the first third of the wing.) I used a toothpick to attach the rubber. And then off to the airfield!

I don't have the final settings yet. And during my test flights, it was a little too windy to figure everything out. My current key data:

1. I attached about 7.5 grams of lead to the nose.
2. I raised the wing at the leading edge by about 3 mm, which results in an angle of attack difference of approximately 2 degrees.
3. With these settings, the little bird flies quite well.