Originally Posted by
Squawk7700
The Sling will be too slow for those sorts of distances. I recall the agent (I think he was) landing at my local field endoute from Gold Coast to Avalon and he said he only burnt 90 litres, then proceeded to tell me that he was only doing 85-90 knots.
While not suggesting that the Sling is super fast, 85-90 is a definitely too low a figure. That must have been ground speed at an unfortunate level. I have personally flown some 40 odd hours in two models with different props and consistently reached 105-110 KIAS on the Rotax 912 ULS engine. Disclaimer: I was renting wet, therefore fuel economy wasn't my primary concern.
Another advantage: it'll run on MOGAS too.