corky450

Hi Richard

I owned that thruster from about 1991 to about 1995 and was a great plane to fly ,maybe even better than my current t300 because it is way lighter, could land it anywhere. One of the best flights I had in it was from Tamworth to south west rocks and then to evans head at 500 foot most of the way for the great eastern flyin ,landing on the beach to refuel and to ring up Coffs control tower for clearance thru zone as I didn't have radio . Gotta love the old days

Cheers Corky

i remember the good old days about 15 years ago a friend and myself flew a thruster tst and single seat thruster into tamworth airport,with permission for an airshow,both had single ignition 503 rotax's

Hi Avion,i got 6.00 x 6,6ply tyres off ebay for 60 dollars each,or you could try a mower shop as some shops carry 6 ply front tyres for ride on mowers.

If it is 95-10 rego it is 300kg.

Tony

Thanks 4 the info,time to do some measurements & get it flying.

Cheers Corky

Hi Tony,I am also rebuilding a clipped wing single seat(1984 ),and need to make the wing struts(lost by previous owner),so will be very interested in the strut measurements and if there was any washout ,I'm yet to source the tubing though.

Cheers Corky

G'Day Steve

Shocking news,get well soon, you've still got to get that Jab up to Tamworth one day.

Cheers

Corky

G'day flyerme

Catto props are excellent,but did u mention to Howard that u had a E Gearbox on your 582,as that size seems too small(66 x 44).I used a 64 x 42 catto on my old 503 with B gearbox and got 6500 rpm,Just concerned about underpropping.

Cheers Corky

You've got a good one there,its way lighter than my t300,and eaiser to land.Good to see it go to a good home

cheers corky

G'day ptomahawk,i used to own that tst back in 1992,and steve let me fly it a couple of weeks ago,brought back a lot of memories

cheers corky

Seems faster to me.

Robinsn ,yeah i'm pretty sure it's 3:1 ratio & i'm burning about 18 lts an hour also

t300 with 16 degrees, 68 inch brolga prop, e gearbox,blue top 582 getting 55 kts at 5500 rpm.6300 rpm flat out

my thruster with my daughter waiting to go flying

on the early single seaters the the serial numbers were stamped on the end of the aluminium engine mounts

cheers corky

Good article,seems to know what he's talking about.

g,day striker,reguarding your thruster springs,i got mine made at tamworth motor spring works[ ph 0267663323 ]they had an original template for the t300/t500 springs & i think they also had the gemini template.

cheers corky450

yeah i'd forgotten how much fun they were to fly,and easy to maintain & repair[should any mishaps occur].only got the chance to fly one the other day & can't wait to get the thruster going

g'day farri,yeah it's an early model single seat,it was built in 1984 and has the 25 foot wing known as the sports wing

g'day corky450 here,i fly out of dungowan[near the country music capital,tamworth].curentally own an andiel special biplane,that the wife wants sold because i'm having too much fun by myself and also rebuliding a t84 sports wing thruster,witch again in trouble for buying as its also a single seat[will get her a 2 seater one day].cheers corky450