Fins and Fin Material

Lightweight balsa sheet is ideal for making fins, centering rings, and other structural parts in model rockets.  It's easy to cut with a hobby knife, and its strength can be augmented with sanding sealer or thin CA glue. For optimal strength, always...

Birch Plywood features a smooth finish suitable for scale modeling or any application where a smooth finish is needed. Birch plywood consists of 5 layers of wood sandwiched together for strength.

Craft plywood is a rougher finish than birch plywood--less expensive and perfect for early TARC builds when finish isn't essential.  The plywood consists of 3 layers of wood. 1/8 inch thick is typical for mid power rockets seen in TARC and other...

Save yourself the trouble of cutting your own plywood fins with thee sturdy through-the-wall (TTW) 1/8 inch thick laser cut plywood fins. The trapezoidal shape fins resist breakage on landing better than any other type of fin, since they are tucked up...

Save yourself the trouble of cutting your own plywood fins with thee customizable sturdy through-the-wall (TTW) 1/8 inch thick laser cut plywood fins. The trapezoidal shape fins resist breakage on landing better than any other type of fin, since they are...

Save yourself the trouble of cutting your own plywood fins with thee sturdy through-the-wall (TTW) 1/8 inch thick laser cut plywood fins. The trapezoidal shape fins resist breakage on landing better than any other type of fin, since they are tucked up...

Save yourself the trouble of cutting your own plywood fins with thee customizable sturdy through-the-wall (TTW) 1/8 inch thick laser cut plywood fins. The trapezoidal shape fins resist breakage on landing better than any other type of fin, since they are...