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Old 5th February 2008 | 10:52
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Genghis the Engineer
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I've got a 1/10th share in an old Thruster TST which I'm very fond of. At the moment it's U/S, but should be up and running again later this month if you'd like to come and have a go. It's on a strip in Hampshire, so not a million miles from you.

Yes, it's a lovely little aeroplane - slow, but cheap and reliable and I get a lot of fun out of it. But, to trailer it is a bit of a pain - the wings don't derig all that easily and whilst you'd be fine for a 2-person flying holiday to trailer it there and back, I don't think I'd recommend it every time you fly.

Cheap and cheerful - yep the TST does that nicely and is fairly unique in being contentedly left on a tie-down, very cheap, 2-seats + dual controls, yet still with full product support. The only other aeroplane that I can think of offhand that ticks all of those boxes would be a Cyclone AX3 (which has one further advantage - doors!).

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