Sling 2
Piston single engine • Low Wing • Fixed gear
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About the Sling 2
Overview
The Sling 2 is a two-seat, low-wing Experimental Amateur-Built kit aircraft from South Africa’s Sling Aircraft, the model that launched the company and the first of its class to fly around the world. Powered by a 100 hp Rotax 912 iS (with carbureted 912 ULS and turbocharged 914 options), it cruises about 117 knots true on roughly 4 gallons an hour of mogas, carries a Garmin glass panel, and stalls clean at 48 knots. It first flew in 2008 and remains in production, sold both as a kit and as the factory-built Sling LSA.
As the entry point to the Sling line, the Sling 2 is the side-by-side trainer and economical two-seat tourer beneath the four-seat Sling TSi and Sling High Wing. It competes with factory light-sport two-seaters on running cost while offering the build-it-yourself economics and maintenance freedom of the Experimental category, and its low stall keeps it sport-pilot eligible. Choose the Sling 2 when you want an affordable, fuel-sipping two-seat trainer or cross-country tourer and are willing to build, or buy a completed kit, in exchange for low acquisition and operating cost.
Key Features for GA Buyers
- Auto-fuel economy. The 100 hp Rotax 912 iS sips about 4 gph of mogas, holding direct operating cost near $35 an hour.
- Sport-pilot eligible. A clean 48-knot stall sits well inside the MOSAIC 59-knot gate, so a sport-pilot certificate suffices.
- Glass panel standard. Most builds carry a Garmin glass suite, modern avionics that are rare at this price and weight.
- Proven, well-supported design. Hundreds are flying worldwide, and a matched-hole kit plus a global distributor network make it one of the better-supported two-seat homebuilts.
Trade-offs
- Experimental category. Build time runs into the hundreds of hours, or you buy a completed example whose workmanship a pre-buy inspection must establish.
- Two seats, modest payload. A roughly 615 lb useful load is two adults and light bags, not a full-fuel family load.
- Modest speed and ceiling. At 117 KTAS and a 16,000 ft ceiling it is an efficient tourer, not a fast or high-flying one.
- Rotax ecosystem. Mogas-friendly with a 2,000-hour TBO, but with calendar-driven rubber-replacement service and a need for Rotax-literate maintenance.
See Also
- Sling TSi – the four-seat, turbocharged big brother in a similar design language. Compare
- Sling High Wing – the four-seat high-wing in the line, for buyers who want cabin access and visibility. Compare
- Zenith CH 650 – another low-wing, Rotax-powered E-AB two-seat cross-country kit. Compare
- Pipistrel Alpha Trainer – a factory-built light-sport two-seater on the same Rotax power, for buyers weighing a kit against a finished airplane. Compare
Technical Specifications
Dimensions & Weights
- Height
- 8.0 ft
- Length
- 21.9 ft
- Parking area (ft2)
- 1076.0 ft2
- Max Takeoff Weight
- Source: manufacturer figure 1,543 lbs
- Max Landing Weight
- 1,543 lbs
- Useful Load
- Source: manufacturer figure 617 lbs
- Fuel Capacity
- Source: manufacturer figure 40 gal
Performance
- Cruise Speed
- Source: manufacturer figure 117 KTAS
- Never-Exceed (VNE)
- Source: manufacturer figure 135 KIAS
- Stall, Clean (VS1)
- Source: manufacturer figure 48 KIAS
- Service Ceiling
- 16,000 ft
- Rate of Climb
- 875 fpm
Sources
Where the figures on this page come from. Sling 2 specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.
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