ORIGINAL: Twin_Flyer
I have read (in more then one forum) most of the pricing issues are tied to the wind turbine manufactures buying up the majority of balsa in order to make the blades.
the RC manufactures have to pay more to get the balsa they need to make the kits, so we pay more in the end as well.
Bill S.
I visited west Michigan this past weekend and drove by a big wind farm. There were numerous huge wind turbines, but only a handful of them were spinning at a slow, lethargic rate and the rest we not spinning. This makes me wonder if we would ever get our money's worth out of those things. I have never driven by a wind farm that was fully operational, not even the ones I have seen in Germany!! I say that balsa could be put to better use, like kits and ARFs IMHO.