GT 500 Tow Plane Flight Test Excerpt This is the 1st 10 minutes of an hour-long flight test on the GT500 tow plane that we have set up to be used for towing the EMG-6 electric motor glider.
EMG-6 / GT-500 Tow System Testing Tow release handle
EMG-6 / GT-500 Tow System Testing Tow release handle In this video we test the second-generation tow release handle on the GT-500 Tow plane.
EMG-6 / GT-500 Tow System Testing
EMG-6 / GT-500 Tow System Testing Another video in the series Building the EMG-6. In this episode we experience a design failure in GT-500 Tow Plane during Tow Release testing.
53-10-05A Landing Gear Box Assembly (Video)
53-10-05A Landing Gear Box Assembly This is another episode in the Building The EMG-6 Series. In this episode we show how to attach the landing Gear Box to the rest of the fuselage frame.
53-10-06A Instrument Panel Instrument Panel Sub Assembly (Video)
53-10-06A Instrument Panel Instrument Panel Sub Assembly
Tube Cutting Templates (Video)
“Building The EMG-6” Tube Cutting Templates Fuselage Frame Instrument Panel marking and cutting Fuselage Frame tubing using the PDF Files and the tube templates.
53-10-04.102 Pilots Seat Transition Tubes (Video)
53-10-04.102 Pilots Seat Transition Tubes “Building The EMG-6” (Fuselage) (4130 Steel Frame) (Pilots Seat) Positioning and Installation of the Pilots Seat Transition Tubes
EMG-6 Powered Flight Test (Predator 37 Electric Sustainer Motor)
EMG-6 Powered Flight Test (Predator 37 Electric Sustainer Motor) Flight test #55 and #56 testing the viability of the Predator 37 sustainer motor.
EMG-6 Test Flight #54 (First Flight With Electric Power)
EMG-6 Test Flight #54 (First Flight With Electric Power) This is the 1st test flight series using the predator 37 electric sustainer motor on the EMG-6. This is the 3rd of 3 test flights that were conducted on July 7, 2014. In this video we …
EMG-6 (1st Electric Motor Test Run) Predator 37 Sustainer Motor
EMG-6 (1st Electric Motor Test Run) Predator 37 Sustainer Motor 1st operational test of the predator 37 sustainer motor for the EMG-6. In reality the very 1st test was not caught on video. It lasted only a few seconds until we realized that the propeller …
EMG-6 Aero Tow Testing With the Quicksilver sport single place ultralight
EMG-6 Aero Tow Testing With the Quicksilver Sport single place ultralight In this video we are showing the results of our attempt to Aero tow the EMG 6 behind a Quicksilver single place Sport. On a 90°F day 40 hp and 2 pilots each weighing …
1st Welding Fixture Kits Ship
The 1st fuselage welding fixture kits begin shipping. 4-17-2014 In the picture below we see the box with all of the welding fixtures necessary to build the fuselage frame on the EMG-6. Although we are still very early in the development of all of the …
Wing Box Welding Fixtures
Wing Box Frame and Jigging Fixtures April 2014 We have started the manufacturing of the fuselage frame for prototype #2 and #3. We have put a considerable amount of effort into designing this frame so that it can be manufactured by the builder. In this …
EMG-6 Safety Link Failure on Launch (Video)
EMG-6 Safety Link Failure on Launch Test flight number 44 and we experience a safety link failure on launch. During this test flight we were flying the aircraft in gusty wind conditions consistently gusting above 17 mph. The 4 launches that we conducted this day …
EMG-6 Landing using the nose skid (Video)
EMG-6 Landing using the nose skid In this short clip we show the EMG-6 landing in no wind conditions using the nose skid as a brake. We had recently changed the main wheel from the larger wheel down to the smaller size will and had …
EMG-6 Towing (Video)
EMG-6 Towing In this video we are correlating some of the data related to the tow rope pressures within the tow vehicle and the information on the aircraft related to tow speeds, rate of climb, altitude etc. The pressure chart in the lower left corner …