https://electricmotorglider.com/journal New EMG-6 journal posts from Hangar 8. en-us https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/starting-up-again https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/starting-up-again Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hangar Six years after California stopped making financial sense — Hangar 7 break-ins were the last straw — the EMG-6 is in Kingsville. Hangar 8 is up. N751ZB is almost flyable. Plans are open. Support is not, not yet. https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/ehawk-project https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/ehawk-project Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Builders Students at ‘Iolani School in Honolulu built an EMG-6 from the open-source plans, then designed their own electric power and avionics. Their update video is worth a watch. https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/not-quitters https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/not-quitters Sun, 01 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT History This blog post has been quite some time coming. Be assured, the EMG-6 is our passion and we are still excited about the project. https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/january-2018-update https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/january-2018-update Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT Shop notes Greetings from Rainbow Aviation for 2018. Time to bring you up to speed on everything going on at the hangar. https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/load-test https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/load-test Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT Structures In this video we take a look at our cool little set up for load testing components and fittings on the EMG-6. https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/unboxing-mgm https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/unboxing-mgm Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT Powerplant Unboxing. This video we open up the packages from MGM Compro and take a look at the power system that will be used on the next generation EMG-6. https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/flight-test-11 https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/flight-test-11 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT Flight test This is archive footage from January 1, 2014. This is test flight number 11. This was during the very early phases of flight testing. The aircraft has changed and morphed over the subsequent years.… https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/press-brake-dies https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/press-brake-dies Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT Build In this video we take a look at our latest invention, 3D printed press brake dies. Born out of necessity, we ended up experimenting with 3D printed press brake dies and found them to be very… https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/aircraft-olympos-ltd https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/aircraft-olympos-ltd Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT Hangar Of all the places we visited in the world Japan certainly stands out is one of our favorites. On our last trip to Japan we missed out on the opportunity to Takikawa Sky Park. On our next trip we… https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/twitter https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/twitter Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT Shop notes We have decided that we will be switching from the normal “shop Notes” monthly blog to a daily twitter feed. https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/iolani-school https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/iolani-school Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT Builders In Honolulu Hawaii there is a very special school. Iolani high school is obviously a very special place. Instructor Martin Emde has engaged his students to start building the EMG-6 electric motor… https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/november-2017-update https://electricmotorglider.com/journal/november-2017-update Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT Shop notes Many of you have been becoming a little bit antsy about the fact that we haven’t posted anything new recently. To start with let me apologize for that. Several weeks back now we had burglary at…