Leigh, I have a couple of release springs to suit Tost Belly releases. They are Australian made copies and work fine. However the return force is on the high side of the acceptable range.
If you want one of these, let me know and you can replace it when you get some yourself. Regards, Roger Browne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leigh Bunting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Soaring List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:59 PM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Release Springs > Hi All, > > The sad situation at the moment is that, unless someone on this list > knows otherwise, you cannot buy a genuine Tost G88 mainspring in Australia. > > GFA are going to be the local agent but are still in the process of > finalizing the legal issues and Ian McPhee has relinquished his > representation for Tost release parts. > > A few weeks ago, the mainspring broke in one of Balaklava's K21 belly > releases. Hence with no available parts we adapted a Blanik release > spring to keep the aircraft flying. It works and is safe but the return > force is less than ideal and it probably won't last too long, but we > still have a stock of Blanik springs. > > So if anyone knows of someone with a suitable original G88 spring that > we could borrow/buy/steal I would appreciate any advice. > > Thanks for listening. > > Leigh Bunting > Colonel Light Gardens > South Australia > <Open Windows and let the bugs in> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
