Building a Sling TSi

This past week we made some excellent progress; we left the hangar with a strong sense of achievement. We mounted a few things on the Firewall:  Starter relay Battery holder Overflow Bottle for the ethylene glycol-based coolant Break System Fuse box Fuel Pump Intercooler Airfilter Oil Tank And the Rotax 915iS!!!

Before we started our build we selected  several custom options for our plane. Strangely enough, there is no list of all possible options. We just had to keep asking to find out (HINT: someone at TAF should make a list). Anyway here are a few options we selected as part of our order:  Split Rear Seat - This will allow for three passengers and luggage. We also plan to make the rear seat removable because we most often fly without any passengers and lots of luggage. Extra Long Seat Rails - My family is really tall, so we asked for extra long seat rails. This will allow them to move the seat back a few extra inches to accommodate for those long legs. Foot Pedals - The standard it comes with really cheap looking rudder bars. It turns out there is a option to get custom aluminum Sling branded pedals. They are on backorder. Besides the options from the factory, now that we are building we have learned about many small modifications that other builders are making. Here are some that we are

Here is a close up of the main landing gear. It is important to cut-back the back corner of the main gear a bit to avoid a kink in the brake line. It is best to do this BEFORE mounting the fuselage on the main gear. Thanks to Pascal for pointing this out and making it happen!