Sling TSi- Elevator Issue Solved!

[@robertd.williams495]

You are almost there! Time to finish it up! I am so happy for you!

[@kenngross5306]

Prop blades look fantastic.

[@tyroneclarke1666]

You must be very proud of your building journey. The attention to detail knocks me out. 🦘🇦🇺

[@ibgarrett]

Glad that was a quick fix. If that were me I’d be thinking it was something I did.

[@EvanBrunye]

I’m pretty confident in my work being done properly, but I’m not going to lie... i was second guessing myself on this one for a minute. I took an unreasonable amount of measurements to double check and the issue ended up not being my fault, and reasonably easy to fix too

[@ibgarrett]

@@EvanBrunye Oh - I definitely don't question the work you were doing. I'm hoping to achieve at least 1/2 the level of attention you were putting into things once I'm underway. You're definitely providing a benchmark for builds here. :)

[@EvanBrunye]

@@ibgarrett Thanks man. When are you starting your build? The video build manual series will be on Sling’s official channel soon so that will help you a lot, those are a whole next level in build advice

[@ibgarrett]

@@EvanBrunye Well, I pinged Barry a couple of weeks ago about the status of the order. He said he was checking, but I haven't heard back. I think between Covid and the 3 week holiday break in S. Africa I'm not going to see it here until January/Feb. I moved one of my TV's to the garage wall so I can have a good screen to watch the build on while I'm building. I'm working on getting some vlogs built to do an "Evan" on my build. ;) Not sure if the link reference on my name takes you to my KZbin page, but I've got some older oshkosh fly-in videos up there now.

[@EvanBrunye]

@@ibgarrett nice man. Sometimes Perry is a little quicker to find the kit status than Barry, I’m pretty sure he’s in charge of shipping and the warehouse and all that. I’ll take a look at the videos for sure, looking forward to seeing your build progress

[@tsilikasp]

Dude, you casually mentioned you cut off part of your stabilizer and I had to rewatch to make sure I didn't misunderstand. I would have been crying in my shower had something like this happened to me. You have 100% control over this machine, you will do fantastic. I am very excited about you.

[@EvanBrunye]

It’s just the trailing edge of the skin that hangs past the spar channel. Nothing structural was cut or I’d be crying in the shower too lol. Thanks man

[@LifeLatitudes]

Great it looks sooo pretty. Cant wait to see it in the air.

[@jetshine9985]

I remember (now) other early builders saying they had empennage skins that were not cut to the right size and had to trim.. sorry didn’t think of it earlier but glad you found the solution. I didn’t notice this earlier, but I really like that you painted the “A” and “B” pillars (guess I’ll call it that) between the front and back windows, to give it a wrap-around look. I’m planning to do that too. Kinda reminds me of an A350 cockpit 😬

[@EvanBrunye]

Thanks for the input on other builders with the same issue, kind of makes me feel more comfortable with the fact it happened to me as well. Thanks man that was a big must for me with the paint job, I’ve seen it a lot on RVs and I think it really adds a great aesthetic with a sort of faux wrap around window look

[@jedwig61]

Looking forward to seeing your first flight.

[@DerrickNedzelMtnBike]

The plane looks amazing! I can't wait to see it in the air, I am sure you feel the same! Fantastic work! Thanks so much for sharing, I have really enjoyed watching your process!

[@EvanBrunye]

Thanks man. It really is right there just begging to be flown

[@tdmmcl1532]

finally got internet a couple weeks ago (thanks hurricane laura)...Just wanted to shout out: what incredible progress Evan! Your aircraft looks top notch in every way!! Looking forward to checking in and seeing you do that taxi roll out. Great Work!

[@scottstolnitz8918]

Really looking good!

[@dougbolton5503]

Looking good! Did you Mojogrips' first engine start-up - hemorrhaged fuel. Scary. All of his fuel line hose clamps had to be changed out!!!

[@EvanBrunye]

I saw that, fingers crossed it doesn’t happen to me!

[@davidb7328]

Looks great Evan! I see you have the prop blades on now. Does that need to be dynamically balanced?

[@EvanBrunye]

I’m not sure if you have to do it, but I have access to the equipment so I’m going to balance mine

[@FTBonito]

Don't forget, at first startup to bleed the turbo oil return line

[@jshulsky]

Brilliant work, have you scheduled the appointment with the DAR yet?

[@EvanBrunye]

Not yet. I’m going to get it 100% finished first since my time is split now it’s harder to guess when it’ll be ready

[@SgtHulka_III]

How did you get a straight cut? Are you going to take it up on the 1st flight? Looks Awesome!!!

[@EvanBrunye]

I just masked and marked it and cut it off with an angle grinder. Then spent a few hours deburring and filing it to be perfect. No big deal. First flight will be... idk. Eventually hopefully lol

[@feidelsol]

👍

[@mikespeers]

I had to run out to find a ruler to find out how small is 6mm. That's tiny!

[@EvanBrunye]

It’s about 1/4”. Definitely small, but also enough to cause the interference

[@Turjak_art]

nice nice. How much cost the whole plane? I know they provide a price list but I wanna know how much in real?

[@doesntmatter3068]

6mm, almost 1/4 inch!!

[@Top10VideosOnTheWeb]

Hey Evan - Do you have exact measurements from the end channel to the edge of the skin? I am concerned that mine might be the same and I would rather address it before I mount it.

[@EvanBrunye]

It should be 13mm from the back of the rivets on the ends to the edge of the skin

[@Top10VideosOnTheWeb]

@@EvanBrunye So it is a consistent distance from the back of the rivets? I was looking at mine yesterday and it looks like it gets wider as it nears the outside edges on both sides. I may be in your situation too. How did you do the trimming?

[@EvanBrunye]

@@Top10VideosOnTheWeb just measure the farthest outside rivet on both sides. If it's 13mm you're fine. At the far inside the skin should only overhang the rear channel by about 1-2mm. Unless your kit is one of the very early ones like mine was, you've got about 99% chance you're fine

[@Top10VideosOnTheWeb]

@@EvanBrunye Thanks - I'll look at it tomorrow.