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Certification. Before we could conduct any flight tests we had to finish up with the certification on the aircraft. Putting it into the experimental amateur built category. In its current configuration the EMG-6-250 exceeds the 254 pound weight limit for part 103 ultralight aircraft. …
Towing One of the concepts that the EMG-6 design was based on was the ability to tow the aircraft aloft using a variety of different type of vehicles. Not only for primary training but also as a supplement to battery power. The ability to tow …
Back to Roots- Building the EMG-6 aircraft under FAR Part 103. The EMG-6 was designed to meet both the spirit and the letter of FAR Part 103 for true ultralights The EMG-6 comes in under the strict 254 pound weight limit. The appeal of Part 103 …
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) 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 Test Flight #11 (From Jan 2014) This is the remastered version of the original EMG-6 Test Flight #11. This video was put together as a corresponding reference for the data that has been collected during the test flight sequence. The flight test data that …
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 Presentation for the CAFE Foundation, Electric Flight Symposium This Video is and expanded version of the Power Point Presentation from the 2014 Electric Flight Symposium sponsored by the CAFE foundation in Santa Rosa California.
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 …
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 Aggressive Launch Test flight number 41 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 were fairly aggressive with rates of climb up to 1500 ft./m.
EMG-6 Hands Off Stability Test Test flight number 39. On this flight test sequence we show the initial tests for hands-off flight characteristics. Although this is only a short flight we fly the entire downwind leg of the tow to 700 feet with our hands …
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 Flight #29 Flight Data In this video we have shown just the instrument cam. This will give a overview of a typical flight. The aircraft is configured with the airspeed indicator on the left side of the instrument panel. The stall warning light comes …
EMG-6 launch fail In this video we see the EMG-6 getting pretty screwed up on the launch. We had a new wing runner and failed to give good instructions. We have always had such docile launches that we became complacent about possible problems on the …
There is no official definition of a “motor glider”. The FAA does not use that term. They do call out a requirement for a “glider”, the aircraft is still considered a “glider” even though it has an engine. In FAR part 23, for an aircraft …