June 28, 2017 It’s time for an update. We continue our frenetic pace getting ready for Oshkosh. Most everything that we been working on for the last week has been detail stuff. The only big thing that we are still waiting for is the …
EMG-6 "Shop Notes" May 2017
“EMG-6 Shop Notes” is a day-to-day accounting of what’s going on in the shop with the EMG-6 Electric Motor Glider. May 29, 2017 We have added another series of drawings to the builders database.
EMG-6 "Shop Notes" January 2017
“EMG-6 Shop Notes” is a day-to-day accounting of what’s going on in the shop with the EMG-6 Electric Motor Glider. January 30, 2017 For the last 16 days straight we have been engaged in a light sport repairman maintenance class. This is one of the …
Builder Charlie Becker S/N 15-024 Oshkosh Wisconsin
Builder Charlie Becker S/N 15-024 Oshkosh Wisconsin September 12, 2016 Charlie gets his landing gear mounted to the fuselage 4130 chromoly steel frame. Charlie is still currently in the lead for the 1st customer built EMG-6. This picture is indicative of Charlie’s enthusiasm for aviation …
EMG-6 "Shop Notes" June 2016
“EMG-6 Shop Notes” is a day-to-day accounting of what’s going on in the shop with the EMG-6 Electric Motor Glider. June 29, 2016 Aft Fuselage Enclosure we have finished the lower wing gap seals and are now proceeding to enclose the aft cabin area. The …
EMG-6 "Shop Notes" February 2016
“EMG-6 Shop Notes” is a day-to-day accounting of what’s going on in the shop with the EMG-6 Electric Motor Glider. February 29, 2016 “Spark Plugs and The Rotax Engine: Part 1” Sport Aviation / Experimenter “Technically Speaking” Article February 2016 February 26, 2016 More files …
EMG-6 "Shop Notes" January 2016
January “Shop Notes” “EMG-6 Shop Notes” is a day-to-day accounting of what’s going on in the shop with the EMG-6 Electric Motor Glider.Hello January 29, 2016 Upgrade to the EMG-6 Blog We have just recently added the capability to be able to automatically convert email …
Main Landing Gear Modifications (Bicycle Brakes)
Main Landing Gear Modification Finished We have finished the modifications to the main landing gear to incorporate the larger 6 inch wheels and tires. We also moved the landing gear aft. We were able to get another hours test flight on the aircraft using this …
Steerable Tail Wheel
Steerable Tail Wheel We’ve decided it’s time to install the steerable tail wheel option. We are planning to fly and demonstrate the aircraft at the EAA air venture and the necessity for being able to taxi and maneuver the aircraft on the ground is much …
Main Landing Gear Modification
Main Landing Gear Modification In the last video we looked at the results of moving the landing gear axle position aft. Moving the axles back to the forward position was necessary and as a new landing gear had to be manufactured. we also decided …
Airframe Modifications
Aircraft modifications begin on the prototype. We were holding out to see if we could complete a couple more test flights on the aircraft but the wind speed came up pretty early in the morning and so we abandon ship for the rest of the …
Aircraft Is Back on Its Landing Gear
New Landing Gear Today we finish the installation of the tail dragger landing gear assembly. In this picture here were finishing up the final installation of all of the an hardware that will be installed for the final time. Although the pictures not quite in …
June 2015 Progress Blog
June 2015 Progress Blog Archive 6-30 Tachometer Calibration Video 6-25 June 23 Test Flight Video 6-24 Oops Video 6-23 OOPS! 6-22 Flight Testing the New Landing Gear 6-20 New 4 Bladed Propeller for the Polini 250 6-19 Wing Installation with New Struts 6-18 Modifications to …
Towing Options for the EMG-6
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 …
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.
December 2014 Progress Blog
December 2014 Progress Blog Archive 12-29 Passenger Rudder pedal Support Tube Video 12-27 Brake Mount Tube Video 12-26 Building The EMG-6 New Episode 12-22 GT-500 “Tow Plane” Test Flight 12-20 Drawing Updates 12-17 51-60-10 .5 …
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