#RUNWAY TOWING INSTALL#

The electric tug batteries typically have a life of eight hours before needing to recharge.

#RUNWAY TOWING INSTALL#

This requires modification to the aircraft to install the electric drive motors and gears on the nose wheels. The other two systems mount electrical motors onto the aircraft nose landing to turn the nose wheels into drive wheels to move the aircraft. The first known as ‘TaxiBot’ uses unique battery powered tugs to move aircraft. What are the main benefits of using this system over existing ones?Ĭurrently, there are three other taxi systems designed to move aircraft without using aircraft main jet engines to transport aircraft to and from the airport gates. The benefits of this green and sustainable system are substantial fuel savings, reduced emissions, improved air quality, decreased noise, safer taxiing operations by reducing collisions, higher airport throughput increasing capacity without adding gates, and extended aircraft engine and component life.ĪTS would not have been able to develop the technology if it weren’t for advances in electric motor development – their small sizes today can easily be integrated with the underground channel and they are powerful enough to tow aircrafts. Once the aircraft nose gear is taxied onto the tow dolly, the aircraft engines are shut down and the aircraft rides on the pullcar/tow dolly from the runway to the gate and back.

The ATS system is fully automatic, utilizing an electric-powered pullcar/tow dolly that rides on a monorail in a below-ground channel and pulls aircraft from the runway to the gate and back. The safety-enhancing, fuel-saving and environmentally friendly new technology that moves aircraft on the ground will help airports pollute less (either in terms of aircraft and truck fuel consumption, carbon emissions and noise generation) and safer (less collisions and incursions).Ĭould you explain how the ATS aircraft towing system works? This old method to move aircraft is very inefficient, burns tremendous amounts of fuel, harms the environment and is dangerous in many situations. To bring the concept to reality, that same year Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Stillwater, Oklahoma, was put on contract to perform the design and development work needed to make ATS a functioning system.ĪTS created an advanced ground vehicle technology system that has the potential to revolutionize airside operations, specifically, how commercial, military, and general aviation aircraft are moved around airports.Īircraft are still moved around airports the way they were over 100 years ago – under the aircraft’s power. And then there was also an inspection on 11/30/19 (industry: tow truck company) that ended with 'a violation issued' result.In 2016, Aircraft Towing Systems World Wide LLC was established with its headquarters in Edmond, Oklahoma. Then there was also an inspection on 02/12/20 (industry: tow truck company) that ended with 'a pass' result. A DCA inspection (industry: tow truck company) was done on 02/18/20 and the result was 'pass'.

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