I've noted the different weights of balsa that I find in my balsa orders of regular non-contest balsa. I am scratch building a small profile plane at the moment and for the fuselage, I've tried to use the heavier balsa pieces due to their strength. I did note that the lighter pieces would not bode well in place of this heavier balsa.

My question is, do you set aside heavier and lighter balsa for different builds? I could see this lighter stuff working well for a smaller 1/2A build but don't know where you would want to use this really lightweight balsa?

Appreciate any input.

somegeek