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Why don’t the numbers back up this claimed safety? 45% of all cirrus accidents are fatal, compared to 26% of Cessna, Mooney, etc…. I think people hear parachute and they automatically think safety without looking at the statistics.

The video portion when putting the luggage in, you only fit half of what was on the tarmac, where did the rest go?

I spotted you wearing different clothes in many of the pictures. It clearly took you longer than 8 minutes to build that plane.

Well presented👍

The color scheme is 100% exactly what I would have chosen and the colors are identical of my own taste!!! Good job 👏

I love the videos you are producing! Really good work. A couple things I’d like to know more about. On the approach into Triangle you were flying in the dark. I prefer flying at night with red light in the cockpit and the display as dark as possible. Your GX3 seemed to have a night mode and I assume it can be dimmed. The back-lighting for the switches is blue. Can it be changed to red at night? The backup instrument did not seem to go into a night mode. Is that just a setting? Secondarily, watching you fly with your family, you guys have a great rapport in the plane! Really fun. Do you have any rules with the family about conversation in the cabin on take off/landing? I’m thinking along the lines of sterile cockpit rules below 10K. Also, any advice on CRM when flying with the family? I think with your airline experience you probably have some really good tips on how to manage enjoying family time with focusing attention when necessary.

Another really good video! What’s really scary is watching you practice this on the first attempt, and make minor mistakes that are easy to recover from with a working engine. If the situation was real, those mistakes would result in you not making the runway. It’s a very visceral reminder of how important it is to practice this!

I have to agree this is one of the most informative Sling aircraft videos on YT! Great job. I have 3 follow-up questions: 1) You didn’t demo power-on stalls. I think that may be because you’d need to stand the plane on its tail to get there. How tough is it to stall it power on? 2) Related, what are its spin characteristics? IOW, how long are you likely to need to be stalled before a spin? 3) You pulled the pin for the parachute before take-off. Totally get why. What I don’t get is why you don’t have a checklist item later once above 2K AGL to put it back in?

12:12 makes me laugh!! haha.. love it... this is officially my favorite video from you!

This past summer I witnessed a 206 land with a 20kt tailwind and fireball into the mountain after an attempted go around. Land with a headwind, use the radio and let other pilots know your intentions. The recommended landing and departure directions are only that, and because of these recommendations pilots feel pressured to land or depart with a tailwind. YOU ARE PIC make the decision that keeps you safe.

I just discovered a neighbor in my sub-division is in process of building a Sling...which I told him I would be glad to assist when needed! He seemed to be happy for help. He has the fuselage structure and tail-piece built (not finished but coming together).

Very good video, thanks! very informative and explain things clearly and with numbers.

Thank you for the video. I have owned two Cirrus planes so I have thought a lot about when to deploy. Your presentation and logic are spot on and is a good refresher on the topic. Well done!

Thank you 😊

Great video, thank you! I have a new aircraft incoming from the Czech republic with the 916 installed and have struggled to find information like this. My first aircraft was a Czech SC which had a 912 and I absolutely LOVED that aircraft and power plant. Easy to work on, great power output and just so smooth and fuel efficient at 5.72gph average on 300hours in my first year. I will NEVER own an aircraft without a Rotax engine. These will be the gold standard in the next 2-5 years once the legacy guys get over the change.

Just wondering why you haven't changed your flight director to 'split cue' like you have on the 330?

Very informative, love it.

Great video; thank you! Not easy to find but we did have a CAPS failure in Australia back in 2007. Engine problem at altitude, activated CAPS but the parachute it did not deploy correctly. If interested, report available on the ATSB website and the aircraft's registration was VH-HYY (SR22).

Guy in the front passenger seat looks slightly anxious but enjoying every second of flight!!!

Thanks for the vid. Could you elaborate, either in the comments or on a new video, more about you and other pilots not using the “cruise” position of the airmaster propeller control, please?

Hi Mike, off the subject a bit, I noticed your Amber "Traffic Fail" message. I have the same message (ADSB OUT in my Sling 2 - I do not have ADSB IN and my ADSB appears to be working normally with no queries from ATC) The message only appeared after loading 9.41 update G3X. Unable to clear the message - contacted Garmin but no solution yet - any ideas from your side.

Agreed 3 degrees is too fast of a descent rate in the TSi. Mine has the GTN 650 so I changed VNAV from the default 3 to 2 degrees, and that does a great job gently guiding the plane down from high altitudes. I haven’t had your issue with the plane diving too steep on autopilot, you could probably tweak the AP configuration to be less aggressive and resolve that.

Great videos Mike. Lots of useful tips to take from this!

Stellar video. Thanks for your hard work and excellent explanations, and for the viewer poll to help inform its content!

Can you do a series on perfect patterns and landings showing the right speeds and talking about any differences between a sling tsi and anything else we might have flown in the trainer world. Be sure to mount the garmin on the tail if you do end up doing these and thanks for all you do your videos are awesome!

Nice! Good reminder, simply and clearly explained with examples. I don't think it could be any better.

Helpful, thanks!

Thanks for your efforts, Mike…as a new TSi guy and new to Garmin, I appreciate the training that you and some of the other guys are doing!

Thanks Mike really helpful. TSi owner from the UK here. I'd like to see a full IFR approach,. I am interested in the button ology - what when, plus TSi configuration and speeds. I believe you approach at 90 kts. What power settings do you find work well. When do you deploy flap ?

Helpful. Thx.

Interesting video! I also liked hearing how it's done at the airlines. In my airplane, which has similar performance to your Sling TSI, I keep it simple and start my descent based on time. If I'm at 15,5k' and need to get down to 3.5k', that's 12k'. 500 FPM is a comfortable rate, so 12000/500 = 24 minutes. If the air is smooth I'll leave the power in and gain some speed while descending, which means I should start the descent a minute or two earlier. I keep an eye on the ETE number in ForeFlight (or whichever nav system being used) and start down when the time comes.

I’d love to take a ride in a Sling Tsi

Excellent video.

Hi Mike, I met you at the party at Oshkosh this year, I have 782MB. Great video. I'd like to learn more about thermostats for both coolant and oil. What are you using?

I’ve got the GNX 375, too. When you use the VNav on the G3X, do you need to set the flight plan on the G3X to use internal vs. external source, or does it work even with the 375 as the source?

Gonna have to watch this a few time for the math... but a great video for planning decent!

Thank you Mike. This is another excellent video. I completely agree with you that setting VS on the autopilot, as opposed to coupled to VNav is a more stable descent. You did an excellent job explaining why. Would love to see a video on some practical IFR flying from you. Some of the things you consider for go vs no-go decisions and planning etc.

I’m looking at Tsi’s…. Do you have any idea what the 1600-hour airframe timeout is all about? I’m finding limited info.

Hi Mike Firstly really love your videos In an early video which I can’t find, you were talking about what oxygen system you use. Could you tell me what system it is & do you still use it?

Great video! Just placed my order for the TSi 916 🙌

Dude broke all the rules but pulled it off

Over rated and over priced.

you didn't get out to enjoy the area?

Nice video

Great video. We used to be members and property owners at Mountain Air and flew our MU2 into there. You can see a few videos of that on my channel. Video technology wasn't what it is now ;). The only other comment I would make is that at least when we were there 2NC0 wasn't in the database, so you needed to put it in as a user defined waypoint. Since the GPS didn't know it was an airport, you would get multiple terrain warnings as you descend so consider inhibiting terrain warnings prior to starting the approach, otherwise it can be distracting. And if you don't have a dedicated button to do that it takes some searching in the GPS menus since that isn't something most pilots do very often.

The great mystery in any discussion about "the impossible turn", is what is the aircrafts climb-gradient, and what is its glide-ratio? Another thing missing: What is the best glide speed: IN A BANKED TURN? These are rudimentarily simple to calculate, but I have never met a single other pilot who could actually calculate the precise numbers or even knew how!

Just.... wow... amazing location, thanks for sharing!

I landed at Johnson Creek about a month ago in the afternoon. Thought I could get out of there in the evening, but the winds were all over the place and temps were pretty high. Decided to camp overnight (had my basic camping equipment with me). Glad I did -- it was scary enough getting out of there first thing in the morning.