SlingTSI in Walnut Creek, CA
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:03 pm
Hello all,
I have a Sling TSI empennage that is either in the port of Los Angeles or will be there in the next few days. Then a week or so waiting to get unloaded, another week or so to move up the state to Walnut Creek (in the East Bay Area of San Francisco) where I am, and then I can get started and see if aircraft building is for me.
I have a pilot's license and about 160 hours of PIC time and am currently flying a Cherokee 180. I wanted to get a 4 place aircraft for going on vacation in and I wanted to be able to fly IFR at some point. I'm also flying from time to time for Pilots and Paws, and that takes some cargo space.
Taking a look at the cost to update my Cherokee with the original steam gauges to something I would be comfortable flying IFR, I realize that there is a huge cost in retrofitting, a huge cost in certified (vs. experimental) avionics, and a huge cost in getting an A&P to do the work or sign off the work I do. Then I ended up at a job with someone who built their own Lindy-winning Velocity and he convinced me to just build a plane of my own. Much to his disappointment, I opted for a metal plane rather than a composite. I looked at the RV-10 and then saw the Sling TSi. I went down to Torrance and flew in 135WT and I was pretty much hooked (though I have to say Mike Ojo's earlier videos and all of Evan Bruyne's videos were a huge influence, too).
I plan to build in my garage as long as I can and keeping my Cherokee in the hangar at Concord airport. I will be using the EAA Builder's blog, unless I come across some reason not to in which case I will change.
Looking forward to getting lots of help when needed, supplying help where I can, and getting warnings about things to watch out for BEFORE I run into them instead of after!
I have a Sling TSI empennage that is either in the port of Los Angeles or will be there in the next few days. Then a week or so waiting to get unloaded, another week or so to move up the state to Walnut Creek (in the East Bay Area of San Francisco) where I am, and then I can get started and see if aircraft building is for me.
I have a pilot's license and about 160 hours of PIC time and am currently flying a Cherokee 180. I wanted to get a 4 place aircraft for going on vacation in and I wanted to be able to fly IFR at some point. I'm also flying from time to time for Pilots and Paws, and that takes some cargo space.
Taking a look at the cost to update my Cherokee with the original steam gauges to something I would be comfortable flying IFR, I realize that there is a huge cost in retrofitting, a huge cost in certified (vs. experimental) avionics, and a huge cost in getting an A&P to do the work or sign off the work I do. Then I ended up at a job with someone who built their own Lindy-winning Velocity and he convinced me to just build a plane of my own. Much to his disappointment, I opted for a metal plane rather than a composite. I looked at the RV-10 and then saw the Sling TSi. I went down to Torrance and flew in 135WT and I was pretty much hooked (though I have to say Mike Ojo's earlier videos and all of Evan Bruyne's videos were a huge influence, too).
I plan to build in my garage as long as I can and keeping my Cherokee in the hangar at Concord airport. I will be using the EAA Builder's blog, unless I come across some reason not to in which case I will change.
Looking forward to getting lots of help when needed, supplying help where I can, and getting warnings about things to watch out for BEFORE I run into them instead of after!
