Building a Sling TSi in under 8 minutes

[@sethjoelmartin]

Well darn it, @OneAlphaMike, I hadn't even heard of Sling until picking it up through EAA...And now you've gone and convinced me I must have it. My wife won't be happy with you. Love your content - keep 'em coming! I'd really love to pick your brain about the build process and geek out on you if you'd be up for a DM or two.

[@OneAlphaMike]

Your wife will be happy once you start flying her places with it! My wife loves it; it's her favorite way to travel now! You can message me through instagram, same handle.

[@rotaryperfection]

Love the DIY build. You know you're nearing that finish line when the paint goes on. Awesome feeling! Nice work!

[@michaelm2441]

Beautiful! I like how you had your daughters sign their work!

[@OneAlphaMike]

Thanks, but I only have one daughter. The taller young lady is my wife, and you just made her day!🤣

[@shantanumathur1059]

Congratulations man!! All your hard shows the plane looks beautiful.

[@eglkFlyer]

Excellent! Great to have the pics. I am a month into my project.

[@AV8R_1]

Beautiful build! Stunning color and graphic choice and the blue detail on the little interior pieces is a nice touch! If I was going to build a sling, I would probably consider a very similar style. I'm always a sucker for blue, especially with silver, but I have to say, some of the latest bold bright colors coming out on new Cirrus and Quest Kodiak aircraft definitely speak to me as well! Deciding on color and graphics would probably be the hardest part of the whole build for me. Haha!

[@setts3]

A great vid and very well done. Congratulations!

[@jimw1615]

Well, you did it in less that 6 and a half minutes!! Good job.

[@OneAlphaMike]

If only it really was that fast! 😆

[@garthkeefer1813]

Awesome build, like the color scheme too! Thanks for sharing.

[@OneAlphaMike]

Thanks! I'm super happy with how it came out. Will look even better once the wheel pants get installed. More metallic blue FTW! 😁

[@dehnhunsworth1600]

That looked like an amazing workshop you had and one of the cleanest panels I’ve seen!

[@OneAlphaMike]

Thanks! The amazing workshop belongs to Evan Brunye, and he’s the one who built that clean panel, too!

[@NotTelling51]

Evan is the man on these Sling builds.

[@scoot77777]

Simply Amazing! Wow! Very nicely Done 🫡😊🇺🇸 THANKS FOR SHARING! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@gordgooding1558]

Brilliant craftsmanship! Enjoy! You deserve it.

[@randyporter3491]

After all that time and effort, the greatest feeling in the world HAS to be the first takeoff and landing ! I'll say this, it may be the most beautiful design and paint I've seen. Great video, thanks for sharing and safe skies always !

[@TomCook1993]

Over head switches 😍😍😍😍😍

[@brookhart]

Looks amazing, Mike! Fantastic workmanship.

[@wettham715]

Proud to be south african Well done fellas

[@oscardoesit2129]

That’s awesome! It’s a beautiful plane.

[@simpletube31]

It looks super sweet, when you bring your girls into the workshop! Nice video turns to great!

[@jenniferturbett8061]

What beautiful little airplane! Awesome job, congratulations! Happy and safe flying! 👍😃❤️

[@joeyl7134]

what a gorgeous airplane, congrats!

[@mykalhenry]

OMG amazing and the pushbutton backlit vs. toggle WOWZA!

[@EdwardHefter]

Great video and great looking Sling - congratulations!!!

[@2Phast4Rocket]

Nice looking airplane.

[@jeanmarcbain9120]

Awesome, nice colors and congratulations !

[@brian-te4xs]

I am happy for you and enjoyed the video.

[@dougwright111]

Great build!

[@douglascloud4484]

What a beautiful build and paint job is amazing

[@dmitrijandreew283]

👍👍👍 мягких посадок!

[@theodorehaskins3756]

Congratulations! My man you got some mad skills going on there! I wouldn’t attempt to try to do something like this! Cheers!😎👊🏽

[@OneAlphaMike]

Thanks! I wouldn't have attempted to do it without professional help, either. Evan's the man with the mad skills!

[@Twinjeremy]

@@OneAlphaMike do you need special tools to build something like this? and have to cut sheet metal yourself?

[@OneAlphaMike]

The sheet metal is already cut and rivet holes punched. For tools, check out Evan’s video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGa9moWkZd-CoKs

[@roryderbyshire4630]

Effing AWESOME mate

[@mile-high]

Brilliant video 👍 Thanks for sharing

[@badnews12431]

This was dope AF

[@sword_tech]

Awesome color.. beautiful TSI

[@mrsaskriders]

Impressive! Love the color

[@dcreech500]

Amazing to see. You make it look so easy and I know it’s not

[@Ebbrush3]

right on

[@65LB]

Beaut6iful paint scheme!

[@gordonfeliciano4315]

Beautiful!

[@wylie500]

I love that plane

[@joelonderee2872]

What a great video! Thanks

[@ibgarrett]

Awesome Mike! I love how clean the panel is with the remote circuit panel. Swing through Colorado sometime so we can check it out!

[@steveyoung6787]

Nice !!! Great job

[@patrickmichael2968]

It's gotta be difficult to walk away from it after putting it to bed in the hanger, without continually looking back over your shoulder at what a beautiful aircraft you built. Awesome build Mike. What did it feel like on your first flight? That rush was well deserved.

[@OneAlphaMike]

First flight was great! instagram.com/p/CWPa8KcD7PM/

[@OneAlphaMike]

First landing: instagram.com/p/CWPbaZMDoe7/

[@lancewilliams5726]

Awesome job

[@johnf.8831]

Nice!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@ebazerkhairetdinov1089]

Great work 👍🏻

[@lancewilliams5726]

Great job

[@benthurber5363]

Seeing this video and finding the "gotcha" section in the forum, there's truly no reason to get the quickbuild option unless you're suffering from too much money. The simple wing jigs and build-up of the fuselage look ridiculously easy. If anything, a quickbuild kit would bump up your space requirements, because now you have to juggle the wings AND fuselage instead of completing the wings and strapping them to the ceiling somewhere. Everything you need for success in a timely manner wouldn't really suffer from the standard kit, because it's just a linear function of time. The things that will typically kill a project, they grow exponentially: not having a convenient build space, time/motivation, and/or limited skills/talent/help.

[@sarahsayshello9726]

Honestky I'm going to be doing the quick build fuselage for the vans I build simply because I don't have a site I can store it and will have to travel every other week to work on it so quicker will ne better for me. It's a good option to have but not something that should be rushed into willy nilly

[@attila1746]

SWEEEEET !!!!!!

[@crazypilot4017]

Nice 👍

[@Hands4Surgery]

Thank you for sharing this video. How long did it take you to complete this airplane from the moment you received the boxes? How many hours do you estimate that you put in it? Thanks!!!!

[@OneAlphaMike]

About 1400 hours over the course of a year. Honestly, it would have taken a lot longer without the expert Build Assistance from @Evan Brunye.

[@grantnyenes3742]

Came out beautifully!! Really like the powder coated bits and the overhead switches… can you tell us how long it took to build with Evan B?

[@OneAlphaMike]

Took about a year. Could be done faster, but mine took a little extra time due to the custom panel and other customizations.

[@crazycons]

@@OneAlphaMike How many hours did you have to spend. I am almost jealous! Awesome plane!

[@OneAlphaMike]

@@crazycons About 1400 hours over the course of a year. Honestly, it would have taken a lot longer without the expert Build Assistance from @Evan Brunye.

[@Twinjeremy]

wish i could afford one

[@eduardnitu117]

Amazing! How many work-hours did the build take?

[@OneAlphaMike]

Thanks! About 1500.

[@jesusmachado9087]

Did you get the build assis? Who did tje paintjob? Do you get precut vinyl for the color details?

[@OneAlphaMike]

I did build assist with @EvanBrunye. Evan's and his crew did the paint, too. The exterior colors are all paint, no vinyl other than the N-number.

[@robertphillips3078]

I should have said Top work as well 😀😁

[@Officer_Boat]

I’m assuming you used a build assist program, where did you go through? It doesn’t look like the place in LA.

[@OneAlphaMike]

Yes, as mentioned in the video and notes, I did build assist with Evan Brunye.

[@Officer_Boat]

@@OneAlphaMike Right,, I just don't know who this Even fella is and where he works out of. Nebraska? "Official affiliate" with TAF? Just an awesome, experienced guy? Regardless, beautiful plane! I hope you enjoy that bird with friends and family for years and years to come.

[@OneAlphaMike]

@@Officer_Boat Sorry, I thought everyone in the Sling world knew Evan Brunye! 😁 He's in Boise Idaho, and he's an official Sling distributor/dealer and build center. Link to his KZbin channel in the notes.

[@Officer_Boat]

@@OneAlphaMike no problem, thanks! Appreciate the showcase regardless.

[@edcew8236]

A little unusual to see dimpled pop rivets!

[@OneAlphaMike]

Yeah, on the TSi they dimpled all rivets in the forward third of the wing and fuselage for drag reduction / improved speed. Evidently flush rivets aft of that doesn't help, aerodynamically speaking. However, I noticed they dimpled all the rivets on the aft fuselage of the Sling HW's, I think just for aesthetics.

[@wernerhoerning3915]

GOSTEI MUITO DO KIT. ONDE COMPRAR.

[@lynwoodjones]

#onealphamike ❤ 🤗

[@samsimmons2831]

Do you wish you went for the sling high wing instead of the sling tsi?

[@OneAlphaMike]

No, I prefer the looks of the low wing, plus it's faster!

[@cdbtheclaw]

Definitely something I want to do after getting my engineering degree...and a pilots licens ^^

[@scottmoseley5122]

Did you build lots of stuff as a kid?

[@OneAlphaMike]

Nothing out of the ordinary. As a young kid, just your basic Erector Set type stuff, models, etc. Parents were DIYers, so standard household stuff, basic vehicle maintenance, etc. That's why I knew I would need the help of someone with more extensive mechanical skills, like @EvanBrunye!

[@AV8R_1]

What was the total cost of your build?

[@OneAlphaMike]

About $250k, including build assist fees. However, prices have gone up since then.

[@scottbeyer101]

Bridgeport Tower, Cherokee 4332N, holding short RW 24, for a left turn out to the East if able :)

[@AV8R_1]

@@scottbeyer101 sounds like you're coming to visit me at KGON!

[@scottbeyer101]

@@AV8R_1 Wait -- you left BDR? I guess I have been hearing some new tower guys. I like KGON; been in/out of there a few times and frequently overfly. I'll call you up next time.

[@AV8R_1]

@@scottbeyer101 wait, what? I was making a joke because your post sounded like you were headed east out of Bridgeport, which would bring you into my neighborhood at Groton. I'm not a tower controller I'm a pilot. Now I'm confused. I was never at Bridgeport. But I know about it because it's close by.

[@cekobetko7221]

coool. how much the cost

[@OneAlphaMike]

About $250k, though prices have gone up since then.

[@johncarr123]

How long was the build process?

[@OneAlphaMike]

About a year, thanks to build assist from Evan Brunye. Would have taken me many years by myself.

[@stephenlyons8959]

Mind telling us an estimate on the cost for this setup?

[@scottmoseley5122]

see Mojo Mikes channel he details the cost of his Sling.

[@OneAlphaMike]

I paid about $250k, all-in, including build assist fee. However, prices have gone up since then.

[@robertphillips3078]

Lots of rivets. I am no aircraft engineer . But what about aircraft adhesive as well. Just asking

[@timothyburgoyne]

What is all of the scuffing on the skin at timestamp 0:58?

[@OneAlphaMike]

Not scuffing, just bubbles in the plastic that's still on the skin.

[@DigitalYojimbo]

Adult Meccano

[@homomorphic]

I'm a newbie, it would probably take me 15 or 20 minutes.

[@OneAlphaMike]

LOL. I’m a newbie, too, that’s why I hired professional help! I mean, 15 - 20 minutes, who has that kind of time? 🤣

[@homomorphic]

@@OneAlphaMike lol!

[@heartscards6335]

that annoying music sure does suck

[@sentifentes725]

easy man ; not a great deal every one can do it less than 3min

[@mushmanpeets7867]

Click bait. Build in 8 Minutes?

[@OneAlphaMike]

The "under 8 minutes" refers to the length of the video. I presumed some degree of common sense among the viewing public. 😉

[@gordgooding1558]

@@OneAlphaMike you have wisely spent your time in a lovely and clean workshop doing something valuable with your time and not squandered it it out "here" with the trolls who have no (common) sense of humour, nuance or sentience.... fortunately 90% of the replies were in awe of your skill.

[@daleyoung87]

Super nice!!

[@lancewilliams5726]

beautiful work😎