Problems With My New Plane. Doing The 100 Hour Inspection 

I’m not a plane guy per se, but your down to earth delivery through out your Sling build was very refreshing.... no stupid background music or silly side kick trying to be funny. Well done.

The quality of this channel has steadily improved over the years. kudos!

Mike, I’m super impressed at your level of caution even as an experimental owner. That will pay dividends for you. When you get ready to take the IFR written, jump on Sheppard Air and buy their program to study for that written test. I swear it works. I’m getting ready to take my check ride this coming up Saturday. When I took the written I got a 92 on the first try. I’m no genius buddy. If I can get a 92, you can ace it!

Mike, I absolutely love your channel, and content like this. Don't know if I'll ever be able to finish my PPL but I still geek out on this stuff all day long. Great job on the Sling, and congrats on your new ventures. Really looking forward to see where you go!

I can't believe you've put 100 hours on that already. It must be a dream to fly if you're flying it that much!

I always learn something when watching your videos Mike. So thanks very much for your time and educational aspects.

Nice to have Josh around for sure! Safe flying!

NGK are not generic, they are a very good sparkplug.

Congratulations man, your plane looks fabulous! 👌

When you said "here in the hangar" instantly thought of "Hey guys HERE IN MY GARAGE"

I read online that if you run 100LL in the Rotax, oil change interval goes from 100 hours to 50.

What a great build Mike..! Keep the videos coming...!!

I Respect your Bravery and Love of flying. Stay Safe

Great video, thanks for your work! Just for a little added protection, I like to keep a couple of old thrift store quilted bedspreads to set parts like the cowls on. I cut them into quarters and sewed the edges closed to make them more manageable. Keeps from accidentally scratching the edges and corners when you set them on the ground or work bench. Also handy if I need to be working on the ground around the landing gear or under the plane. Give me a shout if you ever happen to get back up to Alaska! I'm usually there working March to November.

Is that Max's Chihuahua running around back there? Bro these Sling TSIs are so dope.

Good to see you flying your plane and living your dream

Awesome Mike! U are soaring higher then me Good onya!

G, day Mojo Mike from Sydney, Australia. Thank you for sharing the 100 hour airframe and powerplant appraisal. * where rubber hoses cross, the motor industry uses electrical wiring flex tube at that point. 🌏🇭🇲

Great video. Hangars are heaven to my eyes.

Great info for those thing of getting a new experimental plane...Thanks Mike

Great, informative video! That is just the coolest looking plane! And with its full fadec, it's bringing GA into the 21st century! Love the color scheme, too.

Congratulations on reaching 100 hours on your own plane!

Greetings from Kansas mike...pretty fast first 100 congrats. I recently bought my first plane a Pitts and I gotta tell you NEVER choose a tail dragger as your first plane fresh out of flight school (yeah I did that lol). But I smile every day when asked what my plans for the weekend are and the answer is the same...." going to my hanger "

That must the best looking sling tsi out there. The color is superb 👌

the plane looks amazing

Great video. Thank you

I love watching you go through a journey I've already been through. Different aircraft, same journey though. I never had the opportunity to document it, it happened a very long time ago. I'm up to about 2500 hours now. I absolutely love the content on your channel, you have a way of making very complicated things sound pretty simple. Oil and spark plugs are inexpensive. Don't cheap out ever. If you get behind on maintenance then don't fly the plane. Fly safe especially when you are in the mountains, flying IFR and are in any kind of bad weather whatsoever. The best flights I have taken are the ones where I haven't actually launched the aircraft. There's nothing like flying IFR in a warm rainstorm. Free airplane wash!

It's also where mechanics make mistakes and cause an unexpected failure. It's a statistic check it out.

Great video. Thank you so much. Cool plane!

Beautiful Plane my friend. Simply one amazing plane. Congrats

Pilot and an A&P way to go Josh ......I was an ATC and an A&P would sure love to get back into A&P.

Outstanding, my friend!

TY. Nice video.

Great video 👍🏽 An idea on how to troubleshoot your brakes. Yes, follow the maintenance manual at all times. But what I'm going to offer you is safe and you can run it through AME & Air Technicians. So completely remove the brake calipers, attach it to the bleeding system that runs gears. In between brake pistons, slide wooden rectangular cubes that's the same width brake disk. Than at the handle of operating gear, attach weights that's equivalent to the applied hand-pull braking force in Newton meters (like parking your aircraft at headon wind direction), than going back to the aircraft itself, pull the handbrake for a duration of 30mints to an hour as simulation of long duration parking.(obviously one has already blanked off the pipeline leading to the removed brake calipers). Do these experiments right before lunch break & as the Technicians & Engineers come back, they can inspect for hydraulic fluid leaks @ both brake calipers & aircraft braking systems itself. Sometimes, the o-ring is pinched during installation of the pistons into brake calipers, which in return causes hydraulic leakage to the tyres and swells up the tires. Not good. It's difficult to directly inspect once reinstalled of new o-rings or pistons to the brakes calipers unit. Unless you control time...

U look like you were in Winston Salem Airport. I met Josh at Piedmont flight school. Great guy! Got my sport pilot with them june 24th 2020. Hey Josh! Tell Craig Maurice evans said hello!

Nice plane, Mike... Sounds like you're flying a lot! I'm lucky if I fly my 79 Archer 20 hours a year!

Very Nice!

God Bless you..great video, thanks for sharing!

👍🏾👍🏾Thank you. This is very good information. I will save this video.👍🏾👍🏾

Excellent video

Wow Mike! Time fly's!:-) 100 hours already?? Excellent! You are really putting the MojoSling to work. Go MojoSling Go!

I was just wondering if you had a plane and what kind. Now I know. MY MAN!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

That’s a beautiful airplane

OMG Turbo Love this plane

Nice 👍🏾 she’s ready for another 100 hours.

You’re supposed to change your oil every 50 hours if you primarily run 100LL. 100 hour oil change is only if you run auto of gas.

I would have loved to see the oil screen in the rotax oil tank to see how that was doing. Any chance we see the oil filter cut open?

Iam not a pilot but love you channel and I see max plane is there just watched him at the factory👍🏻

Fantastic information a bout Airplane maintenance.☺ It uses full synthetic oil?

Thank you for the excellent Sling TSi videos! May I please ask which NGK spark plugs you used (4:21 the box is seen) - want to use NGK and not Rotax plugs as well but need the NGK code - thank you very much in advance!

Rotax does not make spark plugs they have NGK plugs with their name on them and then charge more for it...I suspect that is why your mechanic had NGK plugs and not Rotax...unless you like paying more!

Mike beautiful plane. What type of recovery chute are you using? Thanks

Check the specs on the parachute cover. I am not an expert, but if I saw things right, the screws holding the cover on sit on radial slots so that the rocket going off will bend the cover and pull it out from under the screw heads. If you seal the cover then there is a bond that prevents the rocket from escaping until it ruptures the cover. I an not saying that this additional resistance will defeat the rocket, but the extra energy involved will cause additional rocket exhaust in the cabin with might rupture your ear drums, but is guaranteed to be painful for you and your passengers.

The ROTAX manages most all functions of fuel management. Are there updates/upgrades for the software periodically? Or due you send them (the makers of ROTAX) your data from time to time so updates can be sent back for your plane? Great video I love seeing those engines in the planes. You mostly see the exteriors, interiors and functions of the planes you film and hardly the engine compartments.

Woq. beautifull aitplane. Love to fly one day.

Be interesting to see the vor, encoder, pitot static, insp.'s

Just got my A&P yesterday

I would like to know more about owing a Sling TSI. Would you do a video on the cost of ownership?

interesting information

Interesting video!, I'm assuming the oil cooler and intercooler are suspended temporarily by ties because of the cowlings being off and they are then fixed in bracketing within the cowlings when they are replaced, do you have dual ignition timing triggers?, I could only see one and was wondering about redundancy? It would be beneficial to make an effort to run on mogas, then engine oil will stay in the groove far longer, far less chance of fouling spark plugs, environmental impact and of course its much cheaper. I understand and appreciate the taping of the cowling edges for diss and reassembly but putting the unprotected cowling bases directly on a concrete floor is not ideal.

Those flush rivets on the leading edge are still triggering my OCD!

Rotax and Sling have dedicated maintenance manuals which depict every step in detail what needs to be done at all intervals. Especially the first 100 hours.. Just follow that and you're good to go. Oh and do not forget to check all service bulletins. Rotax recommends cleaning and checking the spark plugs every 100 hours and replacing them every 200 hours. NGK are good enough for these engines.. Rotax asks a fortune for the branded type..

Stay safe

Who doesn't trust these guys!!! Great Stuff!!

File VFR and ask for flight following. Then get a VFR clearance and code. Then you'll get a hand off

Do all models of this type need so much deflection in the rudder trim tab to be rigged properly? Thanks!!

Like the attention to necessary detail. Josh is great!

Does Sling or Rotax get feedback on the Squawks? I’m thinking from an engineering perspective to improve on designs (if needed) of recurring issues.

How does a person go about purchasing an experimental airplane? Do they just send the pieces and parts and the customer assembles them??? Thank you for the explanation and showing us how the annual inspection goes!!!

Wash that thing Mikey!

How many days from first flight in your plane to the 100. How much $ ?

I can see doing a 100-hour inspection on a brand new airplane .. seems prudent for maybe the first 100-300 hours, but it's not required and I don't do them on my RV with about 380 hours.

What kind of money do those AP mech make? Looks like a cool job.

Just curious what you do for work to afford such and aircraft? Might be too personal

OK, I have a new goal...a Sling! BTW, what kind of Oil goes in the Rotax engine? What kind of Spark plugs (iridium or platinum, etc)?

Mike, during your walk around you mentioned sealing around the cover of the ballistic recovery chute. I would warn you against that without first contacting the manufacturer and seeing if they recommend sealing it and what sealant to use!! You don't want to use a product that may glue the cover and prevent or interfere with the deployment of the parachute!!

Is it possible to get his Sling already built??? It looks good but I don't have the time and the skills to stick it together.

Is the airspeed true though? Do you get the claimed 145 TAS out of the TSi? If so - at what altitude, and what power setting?

Was that Max and his plane there in the background?

If you built it, why aren’t you doing the maintenance? That’s a very good reason to build an aircraft.

You mentioned the Repairman Certificate. Is that to say you did not apply for and was not issued one for this build?

Changing plugs every 100 hours is cheaper than falling out of the sky.

Mike how can one reach out to you for a quick consult about attempting to start this journey of getting a pilot license and all the test?

You really should have a checklist for the 100 hours and annuals. Sling has to have printed something for inspection. The FAA could have a field day watching this. The big item you didn't do is a compression test. When you hear about an engine not making it to TBO, usually it got caught during a compression test. This is an example of how not to own a plane.

Mike I know you have to step on the wing to get in but what is the limit a person can weigh to step on the wing?

Could this TSi be used at a flight school?? For hire?? Since ELSA, is there an exemption or something to allow the TSi for flight training or any for hire/commercial use? This is my dream plane.

Please do NOT apply sealant to the top of your parachute door. This could act as a glue, preventing your parachute door from opening when you want it to. Can you use o-ring material (dry) under the door?

Was that Max Maxwell in the back?

Slings are so nice... But I still think I want to do a rv10... :/

I own a Grumman Tiger. Who’s the guy in the Grumman T-Shirt? Where is this being done?

So what is the name of your new company, and what are the particulars of it? Don't be so shy and humble. Every great business started from day one and word of mouth is the best way to spread the word.

There is no difference between a 100 Hour Inspection and an Annual exception-they both have exactly the same touch points. However, while an A&P can do a 100 Hour, only an A&P with IA can do an Annual.

Hey Mike. I see Max is selling his Sling? What's the deal? Is he stepping up to a Cirrus Vision Jet? His Sling is beautiful. And it shows what a bargain it is to build. $385.000 for a completed TSI.

Experimental RUN!

What is going on with the body to the left of that luggage door

Expensive turbo it has. Rotax should be ashamed of the 915 pricing. Just because Lycoming and Incontinental are much worse is no excuse. On another note, when so many parts of the Sling are composite, why not do the whole plane as single piece composite. It could be far fewer parts and vastly shorter build time. And certification must be much easier, you don't have metal fatigue concerns and fuselage lifespan is generally infinite. You also have shape freedom with composite. The whole top and doors are composite, the wing bridge, the tail bridge, the wheel pants and the entire engine cowling are already composite. The Titanic sank in 1912. Let rivets die with it :) If Sling does a clean composite they could certify it at the same time. Full spectrum victory. It's just logically mandated. Cirrus was a kit maker not long ago. A bad one even :) now they do jets. And speaking of which, A composite sling would still need some metal in the firewall nose section but imagine how clean a construction it would be with two small turbofan jets at the back. And pressurized. Then it's no longer just a full spectrum victory, then it's mass murder of the GA industry. Armpits hanging in the trees. What good is a Cirrus SR22T at 850k if a Sling twin jet is 250k going twice as fast in complete silence using less fuel. What good is a Diamond DA62 at 1.2million when it's 5x the price and 3x the fuel cost going half the speed. Go for the fast kill. Optimization is king. It could be beyond awesome. Even greater freedom than a private jet but without the crippling cost anchor weighing all joy down. A feather weight spear with which to kill them all. A skywalker :)

👍🏾👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

If anybody needs an A&P mechanic hit me up.

"100 hour anil, nice little nugget there" ?

That's Max Maxwell in the back.