Sling Pilots Forum

I had the same issue on my rudder, most of the dimpled holes so far have not needed any further drilling so of course eventually I forgot to check and ended up wondering why the rivets wouldn't go in on some holes. On the VS skin I did notice that if I didn't debur the holes before dimpling, the riv...

It sounds like you have plenty of space but one thing to consider is that the fuselage can't easily be put away once you've started it. I'm going to build the wings first and then hang them from my ceiling. Once the fuselage comes together there will not be room for the wings where I'm building.

I'm only done with the empennage and I can't tell you how long it took in hours but it took muuuch longer in calendar time than I expected. Not because it's a lot of work, but because of all the questions, missing tools, do-overs, and then just life getting in the way. If you know exactly what to do...

Technical said it should go under? That seems really weird. I'm about to rivet my elevator tip skin and the instructions say "cleco [tip skin] on part 21 and the skins as illustrated" (my emphasis). Not only does it make sense aerodynamically that it go on top, if you put it under it seems...

I have a few more: Paint scheme - will affect upholstery colors and interior paint. DIY wiring or purchase built harness - I don't know what the lead time for places like Midwest Panelbuilders are but they seem pretty busy so if going with a pre-built harness, an order needs to be put in sufficientl...

Sling and Aviation101 recently posted videos of flying to Canada. I thought you needed 12” tall number for flying internationally. Is that not true for Canada or is it just not enforced. I think you need 12" numbers if you're transiting an ADIZ, but apparently there is none at the Canadian bor...

In his video on preparing parts for assembly, he references a separate video on the subject of corrosion prevention, but I haven't been able to find that one yet. I don't think such a video was ever made as part of this series. Evan has a video on his own channel that discusses corrosion protection...

I remember Evan making a video about upgrading to a larger Matco brake, because he thought the standard ones were too small. I guess Sling agreed since they upgraded the standard option. I personally think the move to Beringer is a way to position themselves as a "premium" product. I reall...

I'm seeing better numbers that your table with my TSi with 916. What could be off in your numbers is that 100% power is actually 5500 RPM. Takeoff power at 5800 RPM reads 105-108% (max 5 minutes). Ok so that's interesting. So you say the 100% is "fraction of max continuous", which would m...

I was just going through this recently, too. It's really not a problem bending the skins a lot, You just can't bend it sharply at any given point. If you just use your hands and have them far apart so the bend is gradual, it's not that easy to permanently bend the skins.