Converting thruster to quad.

> 10 years ago
Reply
Register to post, see what you've read, and subscribe to topics.
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
10 Oct 2012 10:01am
I have an old 6,3 swallow tail Dave Mac and Im about to give it a new lease of life and fix a few old dings and compressions.

Has anyone converted a thruster into a quad? Did it work?

Its a single into double concave and Ive seen a few quads like this but generally with more concave in the rear between the fins.

Cheers
katana
katana
WA
644 posts
WA, 644 posts
10 Oct 2012 10:40am
should work just fine!!
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
10 Oct 2012 11:45am
Cool, I will give it a shot maybe this weekend if Im not mowing the lawn or weeding

Cheers Chris and Dave
jbshack
jbshack
WA
6913 posts
WA, 6913 posts
10 Oct 2012 2:24pm
doggie said...
Cool, I will give it a shot maybe this weekend if Im not mowing the lawn or weeding

Cheers Chris and Dave


Call the weeding women for that job
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
10 Oct 2012 3:24pm
CMC said...
Doggie,

Do it mate. Drill the the holes, use an old fin as a jig. Get some of the FCS powder from a manufacturer and some laminating resin and sand those babies down. Piece of cake.

Drop them in the right spot for your board with the formula as below.


http://www.mckeesurf.com/brucemckee/multisystem.htm


Just downloaded the June 2012 specs of that site CMC, very interesting

That should make things easy
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
10 Oct 2012 8:18pm
doggie said...
CMC said...
Doggie,

Do it mate. Drill the the holes, use an old fin as a jig. Get some of the FCS powder from a manufacturer and some laminating resin and sand those babies down. Piece of cake.

Drop them in the right spot for your board with the formula as below.


http://www.mckeesurf.com/brucemckee/multisystem.htm


Just downloaded the June 2012 specs of that site CMC, very interesting

That should make things easy


I did this to an old board of mine a few years back after a few beers....only had some epoxy resin to play with and we made it too hot and set the thing on fire! Very funny at the time. Managed to salvage it but I have a few extra channels in it now where the foam has sunk

You will be fine so.....





doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
11 Oct 2012 11:21am
Yea I am going to give it a crack Ted, I will take some pics as I do it.

We have just had a death in the family so I will have to start it next weekend
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
11 Oct 2012 9:35pm
Sorry to hear that Doggie - you have had a rough run lately. Thinking of ya.
Scotty88
Scotty88
4214 posts
4214 posts
11 Oct 2012 6:41pm
Ted the Kiwi said...
Sorry to hear that Doggie - you have had a rough run lately. Thinking of ya.


+1 take care mate.
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
11 Oct 2012 6:44pm
Ted the Kiwi said...
Sorry to hear that Doggie - you have had a rough run lately. Thinking of ya.


Cheers Ted, both aunties on my mums side twins died within ten months of each other.
My mum is not dealing with it well

On the up side the funeral is Tuesday in Busselton so I might be able to get a surf in as Ive got three days off for it. My mum always says look on the bright side. Im going down with my dad so its sort of a road trip of sorts.
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
11 Oct 2012 10:38pm
Jeepers. Well lets hope u get some fun pits at fav wave of mine down there. Would be interested to know if the vegetation has grown back any since xmas. Take some pics of it if you get the chance
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
11 Oct 2012 8:03pm
Ted the Kiwi said...
Jeepers. Well lets hope u get some fun pits at fav wave of mine down there. Would be interested to know if the vegetation has grown back any since xmas. Take some pics of it if you get the chance


Will do mate, I hope I can get that far down
Daneli
Daneli
QLD
1538 posts
QLD, 1538 posts
12 Oct 2012 2:55am
doggie said...
Ted the Kiwi said...
Sorry to hear that Doggie - you have had a rough run lately. Thinking of ya.


Cheers Ted, both aunties on my mums side twins died within ten months of each other.
My mum is not dealing with it well

On the up side the funeral is Tuesday in Busselton so I might be able to get a surf in as Ive got three days off for it. My mum always says look on the bright side. Im going down with my dad so its sort of a road trip of sorts.


Sorry to here that Doggie, hope it improves for you and your Mum.

The Quad conversion sounds fun.
Prawnhead
Prawnhead
NSW
1317 posts
NSW, 1317 posts
12 Oct 2012 10:40am
try simon anderson's facebook page there is a bit of info on him converting a thruster to a quad but making the back fins closer together to give more of a thruster feel rather than the twin/quad feel
cheers
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
12 Oct 2012 8:31am
Prawnhead said...
try simon anderson's facebook page there is a bit of info on him converting a thruster to a quad but making the back fins closer together to give more of a thruster feel rather than the twin/quad feel
cheers


Cheers Prawnhead, I will check it out

@ Daneli - thanks mum doing ok spoke to her last night and she has her eldest sister with her and dad is with them as well
62mac
62mac
WA
24860 posts
WA, 24860 posts
12 Oct 2012 9:10am
all the best doggie
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
12 Oct 2012 10:01am
62mac said...
all the best doggie


byf
byf
WA
517 posts
byf byf
WA, 517 posts
12 Oct 2012 10:52am
Thoughts are with ya mate. My grandad left us on monday arvo. Happen to be in the room when he took his last breath. Sad . Champion bloke, champion footy player in his day. RIP mate.
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
12 Oct 2012 11:01am
byf said...
Thoughts are with ya mate. My grandad left us on monday arvo. Happen to be in the room when he took his last breath. Sad . Champion bloke, champion footy player in his day. RIP mate.


Cheers mate and my thoughts are with you as well, might have to go fishing soon eh

Sad week with the ten year aniversary of the Bali bombings as well RIP to all
byf
byf
WA
517 posts
byf byf
WA, 517 posts
12 Oct 2012 11:05am
Yeah mate that secret tailor spot should be just about ready to fire soon. Will keep ya posted.
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
12 Oct 2012 11:23am
byf said...
Yeah mate that secret tailor spot should be just about ready to fire soon. Will keep ya posted.


Sweet look forward too it
Please Register, or first...
Topics Subscribe Reply

Return To Classic site 😭
Or... let us know if a problem, so we can tweak! 😅