EMG-6Electric Motor Glider

EMG-6 N103MX on the grass — dual tractor motors and folding wings

Rainbow Aviation · Kingsville, Mo.

EMG-6

Electric Motor Glider

Designed by Brian Carpenter, A Passion Project

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Latest notes

From the hangar

EMG-6 journal · August 2026
Starting up again
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.
EMG-6 journal · August 2026
E-Hawk: ‘Iolani School and the EMG-6
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.
Rainbow Blog · December 2019
The making of a Sport Aviation article
How a column gets made — SolidWorks graphics, the November 2019 Experimenter issue, and the work behind the page.
Rainbow Blog · October 2019
Avgas vs Mogas (Part 3)
How to actually choose a fuel for a light-sport engine.
Rainbow Blog · September 2019
Avgas vs Mogas (Part 2)
The other half of the argument: what goes wrong with mogas.
EMG-6 journal · July 2018
EMG-6 Post Apocalyptic Update
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.

EMG-6 rolling out on the grass strip — On the roll

EMG-6 parked on the grass in late light — At rest

EMG-6 on tow behind a ground vehicle

How you fly it

Tow it. Self-launch it. Keep it Part 103 if you want.

The same airframe can be a pure glider, a single-place ultralight at or under 254 pounds, or a twin-electric self-launcher. The rules follow the airplane you actually finish.

From the plans

Tube, fabric, and a Google Drive folder.

PDF drawings, DXF cutting files, and eDrawings. Print A-size at home. Glue the template to the tube and cut. The overview below is the fuselage frame drawing from the open-source set.

EMG-6 fuselage frame overview drawing from the open-source Google Drive plans — 53-10 Frame overview · Google Drive plans

EMG-6 tube fuselage under construction in the shop — Fuselage in the shop

eDrawings 3D model of the EMG-6 airframe — eDrawings 3D model

Brian Carpenter, designer of the EMG-6

Designer

Brian Carpenter

Rainbow Aviation · Kingsville, MO 64061

Experimental test pilot. FAA DAR, sport pilot examiner, A&P/IA. Thirty-six aircraft built. The EMG-6 is the airplane he wanted to exist — so he drew it, flew it, and published the drawings.