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Posted: August/31/2019 at 3:36am  Quote
 
Got an E-mail from a balsa supplier I've used in the past.  He said Balsa prices are going up 40% in September.

No idea the validity of this but the claim is the power generating windmill blades are raising demand.

 
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Posted: August/31/2019 at 6:12am  Quote
 
Sadly Balsa prices have gone up here in Australia too. It's starying to get pretty expensive. Especially when you need a lot to build a bigger bird

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Posted: August/31/2019 at 7:33am  Quote
 
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Got an E-mail from a balsa supplier I've used in the past.  He said Balsa prices are going up 40% in September.

No idea the validity of this but the claim is the power generating windmill blades are raising demand.


I spoke to an engineer from our power company the other day, whose job was closely involved with wind turbines.  He said he's never seen one with any balsa in it.


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It seems to me that if the price of balm has increased, then everywhere they change. Not depending on the region.
 
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Posted: July/17/2020 at 6:32am  Quote
 
Yes the price is going up.

My LHS has a quite good selection of balsa. Every time I go there go through what they have. In particular 3/32 sheeting. Then buy all that meets standard. I swear over the past couple of years the lighter/good stuff is much less.\

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Posted: July/17/2020 at 6:47am  Quote
 

John:

I agree with you 100%. It seems the LHS is getting heavier and heavier stock in for their supply. Bud Nosen still has some good stuff but you need to get it right away before it is picked through "creaming" as we used to say in the lumber business. The trick is how does one know when the LHS gets new stock in?


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Fun fact:  In 2008, 89% of all the balsa wood sold in the world was grown in Ecuador. 

 
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I've been lead to believe the Balsa being used in wind turbine blades is old school and no longer being done.

I remembered last century a model magazine article mentioned balsa was used in insulation for the LPG tanker ships, they had the big round tanks in the hull quite an odd looking ship. I might add that before that they were used in the rigid life rafts aboard ships. I know several modelers had bought the rafts as surplus and had these balsa logs stored in their workshops for cutting into workable sizes for modeling.
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