Sling HW
These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
The Sling HW is Sling Aircraft's four-seat high-wing kit, first flown in December 2020 and built from the Sling TSi's all-metal structure and cantilever wing turned over for a 47-inch cabin, big doors and a view of the ground. On the current Rotax 916 iS of 160 hp with a constant-speed propeller the factory quotes 145 knots true at 9,500 ft on 7.4 gallons an hour, 900 nm from 52 gallons, a 49-knot flapped stall, 679 fpm and 1,080 lb of useful load at 2,469 lb gross; earlier kits carry the 141 hp 915 iS at a 2,315 lb gross weight.
It is bought as a modern, turbocharged alternative to a used Cessna 172 or 182 that will hold its cruise speed into the teens of thousands of feet, and the trades are a 150-knot aeroplane's price for a 135-145-knot one, a turbo Rotax's rubber-replacement schedule and shop network, and amateur-built status: every HW was finished by its builder, mostly at Sling's build-assist centres, so the test aircraft weighed 150 lb more than the brochure and each aircraft's own weight-and-balance, options and workmanship govern what it will carry. Two engines and two gross weights are on the register, a 915 iS at 2,315 lb and a 916 iS at 2,469 lb, and they are different aeroplanes on paper; confirm which one is for sale. Flight tests found it a few knots slower than claimed, happier with more flap for take-off, and inclined to weathervane in a crosswind, and the taildragger version was still being developed in 2022. Asking prices could not be established: the only kit advertised was offered at cost, and a completed aircraft is a quarter-million-dollar build. Condition inspections need an A&P or the builder's repairman certificate.
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What it is
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 916 iS (160 hp; 915 iS 141 hp on earlier kits) |
| Horsepower | 160 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 2020 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | 145 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | 900 nm |
| Service ceiling | 23,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 679 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 49 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,080 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,469 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,389 lb |
| Usable fuel | 50 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 7.4 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $227,468 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $255,463 |
| Prices as of | 2022 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 20 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 20 |
| Median year built | 2025 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 0 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 0 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 6 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 30 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 0 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 20 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 20 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 20 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | 1.2 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 9.3 of 105 |
- Accident record: class median 33.21 · 223 models in class.
- Severity: class median 12.5.
- Access: class median 796.
- Support: class median 131.
- Liquidity: class median 19.89.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 8 · scores Sep 30