{{Short description|British ultralight aircraft}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2022}} <!-- This article is a part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft | name = T600 Sprint | logo = | logo_size = | image = File:Thruster T600 Sprint Compton Abbas 30th June 2013 (9215819217).jpg | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [[Ultralight aircraft]] | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = United Kingdom | manufacturer = [[Thruster Air Services]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = 1997-2012 | introduction = mid-1990s | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Thruster T600 Sprint''' is a British [[ultralight aircraft]], designed and produced by [[Thruster Air Services]] of [[Langworth]], [[Lincolnshire]] and introduced in the mid-1990s. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 81. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref><ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 84. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref>

==Design and development== The aircraft complies with the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] microlight rules and UK certified under BCAR Section "S". It features a [[strut-braced]] [[high-wing]], a two-seats-in-[[side-by-side configuration]] enclosed cockpit accessed via doors, fixed [[tricycle landing gear]] or [[conventional landing gear]] and a single engine in [[tractor configuration]].<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/>

The aircraft is made from bolted-together [[aluminum]] tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in treated [[Dacron]] sailcloth and a [[fibreglass]] [[cockpit fairing]]. Fittings and mounts are 316 [[stainless steel]] and [[4130 steel]]. Its {{convert|9.60|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing has an area of {{convert|15.70|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and [[Flap (aircraft)|flaps]]. The engine is mounted on the keel tube, above the cockpit. Standard engines available are the {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 582]] [[two-stroke]] and the {{convert|85|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Jabiru 2200]] [[four-stroke]] powerplant.<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="WDLA15"/><ref name="specs">{{cite web|url = http://www.thruster.co.uk/spec/|title = Thruster T600 Sprint – 450&nbsp;kg Standard Specifications|accessdate = 9 September 2012|last = Thruster Air Services|date = n.d.}}</ref> <!-- ==Operational history== -->

==Variants== [[File:Thruster T600 Sprint TEFC Open Day September 2004 (4383872945).jpg|thumb|T600T tailwheel version]] ;T600N :Nose wheel version<ref name="WDLA15"/> ;T600T :Tailwheel version<ref name="WDLA15"/> <!-- ==Aircraft on display== -->

==Specifications (T600 Sprint) == [[File:Thruster T-600N AN0339980.jpg|thumb|T600 on floats]] {{Aircraft specs |ref=Bayerl and Thruster Air Services<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="specs" /> |prime units?=met<!-- imp or kts first for US aircraft, and UK aircraft pre-metrification, met(ric) first for all others. You MUST choose a format, or no specifications will show --> <!-- General characteristics --> |genhide=

|crew=one |capacity=one passenger |length m=5.8 |length ft= |length in= |length note= |span m=9.6 |span ft= |span in= |span note= |height m=2.4 |height ft= |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm=15.70 |wing area sqft= |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg=197 |empty weight lb= |empty weight note= |gross weight kg=450 |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |fuel capacity={{convert|50|L}} |more general= <!-- Powerplant --> |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[[Rotax 582]] |eng1 type=two cylinder, liquid-cooled, [[two stroke]] [[aircraft engine]] with "E" gearbox |eng1 kw=48<!-- prop engines --> |eng1 hp=<!-- prop engines -->

|prop blade number=2 |prop name=[[Warp Drive Inc]] composite |prop dia m= |prop dia ft= |prop dia in=64 |prop note=

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|max speed kmh=140 |max speed mph= |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh=105 |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh=59 |stall speed mph= |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range km= |range miles= |range nmi= |range note= |endurance= |ceiling m= |ceiling ft= |ceiling note= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio= |climb rate ms=4.5 |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |sink rate ms= |sink rate ftmin= |sink rate note= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2=28.67 |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |avionics= }}

==See also== ;Similar aircraft *[[Raj Hamsa X-Air]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{Official website|http://www.thruster.co.uk/}} {{Thruster Air Services aircraft}}

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