Sling Pilots Forum

I dunno about the Sling, but I've been a member of various canard email lists for a long time and the max gross weight question always comes up. I think in the case of the Long-EZ, Burt Rutan deliberately did not publish any information about the design loads for any components, because he knew it w...

I'm also interested in the corrosion protection question. We have a Sonex, which is also made of 6061-T6, and while it may be more corrosion resistant than other alloys, it is not holding up to the awesome corrosion-inducing environment of Hawaii. Our plane is not painted and the skins need constant...

The empty weight of the TSi is specified as "500kg". This seems like a suspiciously round number. Are actual builds coming out to this weight or is there the typical weight gain from various things builders are putting into their planes that aren't included in the factory number? I've hear...

Thanks for the responses all. I think the size of the kit is large enough that it doesn't make sense to go through the US, given the extra hassle required to coordinate this. I spoke to Frisian Air which is the European distributor and the cost difference appears to be about 30% when tax and shippin...

Cyrus wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 6:34 pm Re Crate size - the quick build is an entire 20ft container.

Yeah I should have specified I'd be getting a slow-build.

Hi everyone, Prospective TSi builder here. I've been aiming to build a Cozy Mk IV for a long time but hasn't managed to actually get started and after a sobering look at the probability of actually managing to complete such a project I'm changing direction to a kit instead. The Sling looks really ni...