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Thanks for the advice guys. As it turns out we just decided to expedite this by flying the aircraft cross country from Florida to Torrance. The aircraft is now being worked on and we'll fly back commercially when it's ready for the return trip. Advice from the factory is that it was safe to fly (wit...

We are electing to have Sling paint and ship us the replacement landing gear assembly (rather than fly from FL to CA to have them do the work). They haven't asked for the old gear yet - they might later. We used build-assist so the gear was already in place when we turned up. For those with experien...

NOT SO FAST! I ate my humble pie too soon. After I wheeled the aircraft back into the hangar the crack has reappeared. Looks like it opens and closes bases on the position of the gear or the surface (?) Anyway clearer picture of the crack is in this message. Sling says the gear must be replaced - th...

The good news is that this entire issue is a false alarm. ​The bad news is I feel like an idiot!. :oops: ​I was getting ready to take some additional pictures for you and took an alcohol soaked cloth to clean the gear for better pictures - lo and behold, after wiping for a while the "crack"...

Would love to bring an update to the forum but still waiting for TAF or Torrance input.
Will keep you all posting!

Also now reported in the Sling ICE system

Thanks for the input - no hard landings - definitely nothing that bounced or was uncomfortable.

I look forward to hearing from Edward but will also email to technical@slingaircraft.com

Thanks - glad this forum exists

Andy

I reached out to Jean yesterday - no reply yet - will post when I hear. Apart from Jean does anyone have another email for folk in Torrance?

This build was completed end of August last year and the parts shipment from South Africa arrived in LA around Oct/Nov 22

Andy

I'm the co-owner of Tsi 435SK made at Torrance using the build-assist program. We've notice during cleaning that a significant crack has developed in the main landing gear (the manual says it's part UN-CMP-S03-C-X-0). We've grounded the aircraft because we just don't know enough about the internal c...