Solo in the Sling, Awesome machine!
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:25 am
Hi all!
Just my simple view of Flying this awesome aircraft!
As you all know, moving from a trike to 3-axis is not an easy feat, those Pedal things at the bottom doesn't "gell" so lekka, when you want to turn right it goes left! Until you do it with a Sling, yes the first take-off really is VERY interesting, but the Sling will just wait for you to compose yourself and help you to fly, that is all she wants to do, FLY!
Upper air work is "uneventful" to say the least. Once that baby is in the air she just goes where you want her to, just think about the direction you wanna take and there she goes, up, down, left, right, faster, slower, no problem. The landings is where it all goes haywire! BUMPPF checks, SCUF checks, radio call and trying to keep your instructor from wanting to jump out the cockpit is allot of "work" all in a very quick sequence! In a trike you at least have another 5 minutes to think of what you might have missed, not now, everything happen at twice the speed! But with the layout and standard instruments (MGL Thanks Reinier) in the Sling, everything is at your fingertips. Although it sounds like it has a small cockpit, to the contrary, it is huge compared to other two-seat aircraft. Check's are done and lined up with the runway and trim set (electric), what else!? Have i missed anything?
NO! All to do now is round out and land! Once again, with the superb handling of this aircraft, all she does is wait for you, no problem! Round out, ok bit of a cross wind, right rudder, nose straight, look at the end of the runway, flair, flair, flair and she touches down! Your face light up, you can't hide that smile, you did it! She just sits there waiting for you to throttle forward and do it again! FLY!
I might not be one of the story writers or the very highly educated people that frequent this forum, trying to share my experience of the Sling is very difficult to put to words, she is that AWESOME. If you have not flown this beauty, please don't, it is going to cost you allot of money! At present, I have completed the empanage and is about three quarter with the fuselage and the build is really easy. Now, all I can think of is building and flying the Sling.
To all the other Sling owners and builders out there, I hope you enjoy her, and see you in the air SOON! To Marc, my instructor, thank you for putting up with me trying to find new ways of "killing" you! And of course forcing me to go SOLO when i thought i was not ready!
Just my simple view of Flying this awesome aircraft!
As you all know, moving from a trike to 3-axis is not an easy feat, those Pedal things at the bottom doesn't "gell" so lekka, when you want to turn right it goes left! Until you do it with a Sling, yes the first take-off really is VERY interesting, but the Sling will just wait for you to compose yourself and help you to fly, that is all she wants to do, FLY!
Upper air work is "uneventful" to say the least. Once that baby is in the air she just goes where you want her to, just think about the direction you wanna take and there she goes, up, down, left, right, faster, slower, no problem. The landings is where it all goes haywire! BUMPPF checks, SCUF checks, radio call and trying to keep your instructor from wanting to jump out the cockpit is allot of "work" all in a very quick sequence! In a trike you at least have another 5 minutes to think of what you might have missed, not now, everything happen at twice the speed! But with the layout and standard instruments (MGL Thanks Reinier) in the Sling, everything is at your fingertips. Although it sounds like it has a small cockpit, to the contrary, it is huge compared to other two-seat aircraft. Check's are done and lined up with the runway and trim set (electric), what else!? Have i missed anything?
NO! All to do now is round out and land! Once again, with the superb handling of this aircraft, all she does is wait for you, no problem! Round out, ok bit of a cross wind, right rudder, nose straight, look at the end of the runway, flair, flair, flair and she touches down! Your face light up, you can't hide that smile, you did it! She just sits there waiting for you to throttle forward and do it again! FLY!I might not be one of the story writers or the very highly educated people that frequent this forum, trying to share my experience of the Sling is very difficult to put to words, she is that AWESOME. If you have not flown this beauty, please don't, it is going to cost you allot of money! At present, I have completed the empanage and is about three quarter with the fuselage and the build is really easy. Now, all I can think of is building and flying the Sling.
To all the other Sling owners and builders out there, I hope you enjoy her, and see you in the air SOON! To Marc, my instructor, thank you for putting up with me trying to find new ways of "killing" you! And of course forcing me to go SOLO when i thought i was not ready!
