Adventure Aircraft EMG-6
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| EMG-6 | |
| Role | Kit aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Adventure Aircraft Inc |
| Designer | Brian Carpenter |
| First flight | Dec 20, 2013[1] |
| Status | under development |
| Number built | 1 |
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The Adventure Aircraft EMG-6, (Electric Motor Glider Model 6), is a proposed two-seat electric airplane designed to be reconfigurable for operation as either a glider or an electric motor glider.
Design and development
The EMG-6 began development in March 2013 from the lessons learned on the EMG-5 after the FAA's response to the manufacturer's (then Tangent Aircraft; now Adventure Aircraft) request for clarification on battery weight and the maximum ultralight empty weight specified in FAR 103.[2] The EMG-6 was announced at a press conference during Airventure 2013.[3]
The EMG-6 seats two occupants in tandem, has folding wings, and is designed to be operated either as a glider or as an electric motor glider with propulsion options of either two wing-mounted tractor configuration motor/propeller units or two wing-mounted tractor motor/propeller units and a third fuselage mounted pusher motor/propeller unit. The EMG-6 also incorporates a ballistic parachute and provisions for being towed aloft by a tow plane.[4][5] Initial flight testing in late 2013/early 2014 has used a four-wheeler and different types of automobile to tow the glider aloft.[6][7]
In April 2013, Adventure Aircraft (then Tangent Aircraft) announced, "We have entered into an agreement with Quicksilver Manufacturing to build the first prototype aircraft jointly. ... Quicksilver is a powerhouse aircraft manufacturing facility that if partnered with our companies have the potential to create a team that can be manufacturing aircraft in the many hundreds even within the next two years."[2]
Specifications
Data from Adventure Aircraft.[8]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 1 passengers
- Length: 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
- Wingspan: 37 ft (11 m)
- Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
- Wing area: 173 sq ft (16.1 m2)
- Empty weight: 350 lb (159 kg)
- Gross weight: 750 lb (340 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Plettenberg Predator 37 electric motor, 16 hp (12 kW) each
Performance
References
- ↑ "Quicksilver/Adventure Aircraft EMG-6 Electric Motor Glider Achieves First Flight". Aviator Hot Line. January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
- 1 2 "April 2013 Progress Blog". Tangent Aircraft. April 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- ↑ Sigler, Dean (2013-09-03). "EMG-6 Progress". CAFE Foundation. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- ↑ "Configurations". Adventure Aircraft. April 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- ↑ "Multi Engine Operation". Adventure Aircraft. April 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- ↑ "EMG-6 Rope Break Ver 2 (Test Flight #4) (YouTube)". Adventure Aircraft. 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ↑ "Emg-6 Towing With "Mater" the Jeep (YouTube)". Adventure Aircraft. 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ↑ "Electric Motor Glider". Adventure Aircraft. Retrieved 2013-10-11.