Sling TSi- The Deed is Done!

She flies. Ignore the ugly traffic pattern, that doesn’t count.

[@mile-high]

Brilliant job Evan... Well done!

[@Tubefish07]

That engine has a nice beefy sound to it! Brilliant! Cheers mates!!

[@suzukirider9030]

Never flown a TSi, but my experience with the Sling-2 are consistent with your experience - various electronic glitches and faults. Lane light came on once, too. For flaps I'd do what PiperSport does - a rocker switch with no positional sensor at all, just mechanical end-cutoff switches - won't let you burn the motor or stress parts trying to extend flaps past mechanical limits, or retract past fully retracted. Flap position indication by looking over your shoulder. And knowing that flaps extend and retract at about 7 deg/sec you can roughly tell their position by how long you've held the rocker switch down. No sensors required whatsoever

[@EvanBrunye]

Thanks for the input, but after the initial setup everything has been working perfectly for almost a year now!

[@tyroneclarke1666]

Very happy for you Evan. Beautiful, gentle, smooth landing. Interested to find out what’s causing the faults. Cheers. 🦘🇦🇺

[@davidthame7573]

Outstanding Evan!! So exciting to watch your build and this major mile stone in your journey. Looking forward to watching the build assist!!

[@JonMulveyGuitar]

Excellent Evan! Congratulations! What a journey! You have done an amazing job on your first build, And well done on the flapless TD!! :-) Can't wait to see where you take her!

[@slingbuilduk400]

Congratulations buddy. I've woken up every Sunday for the last year excited to see your build update. It's been an amazing journey. Glad you made it and shared all your troubles along the way. By far the best build series on YT. Kitfox next 😁, you are doing GA community a great deed indeed.

[@EvanBrunye]

🤘🏻😎🤘🏻 thanks man, now it’s your turn!

[@EJWash57]

Congratulations on the maiden flight! Nice landing, too. Seems like just a few smalls squawks to attend to, and it's back to flying off the time. It was a fun journey watching you build.

[@algenalbritten3056]

Hey Man, Congratu F*nlations! Really enjoyed watching your build. Great Job.

[@aviator267]

Really the greatest Sling TSI build series and quality job

[@louisfkoorts5590]

Looking good. ✅ 🛩️ 👍🏻

[@RyanGromfin]

Congrats Evan, been following along, this is the year I start my sling!

[@iesikhaty]

The deed's done indeed! Great series, great tutorials and great narration. Incredible work! Congratulations!

[@aggibson74]

Just found your channel. Looks great! Nice job!

[@larrywhiteley6374]

I really like the paint ... fits that TSI Perfectly

[@BurtonJenner]

I was just saying the same thing... great paint choice...

[@chuck6812]

Congrats ! Great build and flying machine !

[@jedwig61]

Great to see all your hard work take to the skies. Congratulations.

[@cultkiter135]

Congratulations Evan! Excited to see what’s next!

[@tsilikasp]

Congratulations. I placed the empennage order. You inspired me to take that step.

[@rfengr00]

Congratulations! Please post a video on how you figure out the faults.

[@sbyoung1976]

What caused those squwaks and how did you fix them ? The flaps? The lane ? The comms ?

[@experimental_av]

Awesome job, congrats to the first flight!

[@visibilityunlimitedmedia]

Can you provide an update on the flap and engine “lane failure” issues? Curious to know what the fixes were and how you conducted the troubleshooting.

[@DerrickNedzelMtnBike]

So beautiful, amazing job!

[@visibilityunlimitedmedia]

Congrats on your first flight. Nice landing, especially under the circumstances. Hoping your flap controller is easy to reach if it needs to be swapped out.

[@christopherwalker2633]

Congrats Evan - Many More Hours of flying

[@BurtonJenner]

Really like the paint on this bird...

[@Rustynailsss]

She looks great. Congrats on the maiden flight. Would you consider doing a wrap up video of the totals that went into building her?

[@LifeLatitudes]

Congratulations 💪🏻 well done. Do you have a list of the real cost? Is it possible to stay below 140k $? Cant wait to start my own one 😍

[@charlescoleman2307]

Excited for you Buddy, Congratulations

[@billr8667]

You built a beautiful aircraft. Congratulations on the first (and second) flights. I'll be eager to see your explanation of the flap and lane issues. I wonder if there's a bind somewhere in the flap system in a way that aerodynamic load while flying creates a situation where the resistance to movement exceeds the tolerance of the system. I'm sure you'll get it figured out.

[@EdwardHefter]

Yeah!! Congratulations and well done!!

[@siyabongablack9344]

Well done bro she's looking pretty damn good 👌🏾

[@CanadaManEg]

Gorgeous plane - looks premium, and nice piloting skills! Congratulations Evan! Interested to know the causes of the little things here and there.

[@flycow69]

Congratulations. Job well done. I can't wait for your cross country adventures videos.

[@jetshine9985]

Hooray! Glad to see this great milestone achieved, congrats! On your flaps warning, I would guess maybe a current limiter is being tripped? The flaps motor is rated for 2.6A at full load if I recall correctly. On the engine fault, have you bought the BUDS software to read out the ECU? I’m planning to get a license even though it’s pricey.

[@EvanBrunye]

After looking into the error code from vpx, it says that code is caused by “both switches being held for more than 3 seconds”. It never trips while I’m taxiing, and about 20 seconds into flight it trips. Annoying problem indeed. It’s not a current limiter, that would throw a different fault I think. I’ve even tried moving the flaps with someone holding them back to simulate wind resistance in flight. I wasn’t planning on getting the Bud’s software but at this point I definitely see why people do it!

[@Raladic]

Awesome to see. Congratulations Evan!

[@ibgarrett]

Kick butt! My kit arrives in April... :)

[@SgtHulka_III]

nice landing! congrats!

[@andyj72]

I like the paint colour. What is it? It's like eggshell or duck egg.

[@EvanBrunye]

Lol I call it light gray

[@gregstowell4732]

Great no flaps landing. A squeaker!

[@johnnelson6818]

You should be able to fly at Vs ( no flaps, bottom of the green arc) which is usually only a few knots faster than Vso. Takes a little longer to slow it down and will have a higher AOA . Good job though, most people don’t practice no flap landings enough or at all!

[@EvanBrunye]

I’m part of the crew that doesn’t practice no flaps landings lol. But the plane flies nice I just kept 80kts on approach and slowed to 70 by the numbers and flew the rest by feel

[@kittenslapper]

Congratulations!

[@seaonadams]

Congratulations!!! - I am sure you are thrilled to be at this milestone. Is the flap fault due to the increase in amps to deploy the flaps during flight? not sure if your flaps are controlled by your Vertical power controller, just a thought.

[@EvanBrunye]

The flap fault actually happens after I retract the flaps, during normal flight. It is through the vpx, maybe an intermittent position sensor connection

[@plin221]

Congrats!

[@rachel704]

Beautiful. Proud of you.

[@GroterRonald]

Heel erg mooi, van harte!

[@BenSieweke]

Congrats Evan. Please can you let us know what was wrong with the flaps when figured out :)

[@da20eclipse]

Congrats Evan, 👍 well done!

[@matthewobvious]

congratulations

[@flyingnp4924]

Congratulations.

[@chriskroeker1889]

Woot! Congrats 🎉

[@F.A.A.F.0]

Beautiful airplane.

[@waytooslow]

Congrats

[@danpop1714]

amazing bro!

[@feidelsol]

👍

[@thesearcherman6652]

Do these kits really sell for nearly $300.000? Thanks for the video!

[@TheOwenMajor]

144,000 to 166, 000 for the quick build kit, as per the US distributor.

[@flexairz]

That was Mojo's price... But he had it build for him.

[@thesearcherman6652]

@@flexairz- I do not disagree with you. But, I went and looked up a price and it said $280k. Must have been the built price. Hard not to go for a Van’s RV with a Lycoming for 1/2 or less. I would guess one could also find a cherry Cessna 210P for less than $300k, or even a 310P.

[@ericlaw2416]

@@thesearcherman6652 That's definitely not the slow-build price. A few months back I did my own back of the envelope price comparison between the RV10 and Sling Tsi. Going apples to apples on the add-on costs such as avionics package, the price was really about the same. Your real differentiators are build time, features and operating cost. Actually I think Evan did a side by side comparison of his own a while back somewhere in his videos.

[@thesearcherman6652]

@@ericlaw2416- Thanks. The Sling is very nice. But, an RV with a 150-160 HP Lycoming and CS prop for the same money would be tough to walk away from. The Sling TSi does get up and go however, and I guess has the parachute. Thanks again.

[@jettjackson1502]

I'm single 😥😥😥😥😥

[@timmikep1978]

Congratulations!