Sling Pilots Forum

Hello, Rod here and currently living in Ocala, FL. Previously lived around the St. Louis area for 30+ years as a McDonnell Douglas/Boeing engineer. Started flying in 1977, but as life/work came into play, paused for a couple decades. Getting back into flying after that period, I built a Rans S-7S an...

I received and email on the 5th as well for our Sling HW (218). This is way earlier than was predicting. I can only guess its a combination of their increasing production and some dropping out for various reasons along the way.

I talked to two different Sling representatives at Oshkosh and got a similar response in what was changed from the very early fuselages to what is coming out of SA now. The early ones had a flexing issue, but nothing that was a safety concern. It was admitted that the engineering and changes took aw...