🔥 Cowl Saga Continues! More Fiberglass, More Frustration | Sling Build 695 Hours

🔧 Sling TSi Build – 695 Hours | Episode: Fiberglass & Frustration Welcome back to another week in the café hangar for our Sling Cape’r project — and it’s more of the same: cowlings that don’t fit, ducts that interfere with critical components, and service bulletin surprises. 😤 This week’s focus: fixing the NACA duct, reshaping for valve cover clearance, building up fiberglass thickness where Sling got it wrong, and re-engineering a jetted T-piece to replace parts caught up in the counterfeit Continental fuel hose recall. Also got some hanger work in at the airport, checked in on the wings, and had a few curious visitors pop by who are interested in their own homebuilt aircraft. If you're a Sling builder (or thinking of becoming one), watch this before you believe the marketing. We share it all — the wins and the wild goose chases. ​🕐 Timestamps 0:00 – 691 hours: Welcome back 0:18 – Cowl still too short… fixed with filler 0:40 – Rebuilding the nacaduct (again!) 1:10 – Moving the cam lock flange to simplify mounting 1:57 – Trimming for airflow efficiency 2:22 – Cutout interference with valve covers & intake 3:02 – Reshaping for better flow and clearance 3:45 – Caught up in the Continental rubber fuel hose recall 4:19 – Custom AN jetted T-piece solution 5:00 – Visitors curious about building Slings 5:28 – Visit to the airport: moving wings into new hangar 6:14 – Robin Aviation’s 100th aircraft – RV-10 maiden flight 6:23 – New top cowl vent install 6:57 – Nacaduct misalignment: wastegate actuator interference 7:25 – Nacaduct surgery: new cut for proper airflow 7:49 – Coolant/oil cooler mounts and a new latch system 8:36 – Tail fairing trial fit: more fiberglass likely needed 9:25 – Wrapping up – short update while it rains ☔