No. Balsa can be purchased from any site. The team members alone must decide which pieces of balsa to use when they construct their structure. Copies of the receipts will need to be given to the weigh-in judges at the tournament, as specified in the House Rules. It is important that the wood meets the requirements noted in the problem statement. Oversized wood (any piece that exceeds the specifications in the problem statement at its cross section and is more than an irregularity of that piece with the rest within limitations) will receive a “weight-held” score of zero.
For other questions, the teams can submit their questions for clarifications on the Odyssey of the Mind website.
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