RE: The balsa tree
Very interesting information...thanks!
"Thor Heyerdahl and five companions deliberately risked their lives to show that the ancient Peruvians could have voyaged 4300 miles across the Pacific to Polynesia on a similar craft."
He named the raft: Kon Tiki, in honor of a legendary sun-king of the Incas. He wrote a book about this adventure entitled Kon Tiki also.
Me? I just glue it, sand it, cover it, fly it and crash it [8D]