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Sling Series

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Single piston light aircraft family. Including 2 seat and 4 seat kit variants. Formerly Sling Aircraft Sling Series.

Sling Series
Lift type
Fixed wing
Assembly
Factory-built, Kit-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Piston, Electric, Hybrid
Application
Sport

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure
Primary structure
Aluminium
Wing
Aluminium
Landing gear
Fixed tricycle
Ice protection
None
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Systems & avionics
Flight controls
Mechanical
Autopilot
2-axis
Avionics architecture
Standalone glass
Configuration & certification
Wing position
Low
Planform
Straight
Tail
Conventional
continued
Certification
Part 23
Minimum crew
1

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Sling 22006 / 2008Two-seater, low-wing aircraft, includes LSA variant: Sling LSA.
Sling 42009 / 20112019Four-seater variant.
Sling TSi2016 / 2018Variant of Sling 4 with more powerful engine and modernised avionics.
Sling HW2019 / 2020High-wing variant, derived from Sling TSi, also known as Sling High Wing.
Cellsius Project e-Sling2019 / 2022Electric prototype, derived from Sling TSi.
Sling NGT2020 / Next-Generation Trainer variant of Sling 2, includes 2026 MOSAIC-compliant Sling 2M.
Cellsius Project H22021 / Hydrogen-powered variant, derived from Sling HW. In development.
Airhart Sling2023 / 2024Derived from Sling TSi, but with redesigned interior and modernised avionics. In development.

Airframer

Sling Pty. Ltd. (was Sling Aircraft)News
Airhart Aeronautics, Inc.NewsAirhart Sling
CellsiusNewsProject e-Sling / H2

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