Check out this Tow bar.

[Mooneymite]

This looks like it's custom made for the Mooney....

Or this:  http://www.tna-aviation.com/#!sm-3-0-33000/c7e

 

 

[DXB]

Ha!  Someone stop the ferrile Roomba from  stealing that Pilatus.

[peevee]

works great... until there's 1/4" of snow on the ramp

[Mooneymite]

6 hours ago, DXB said:

Ha!  Someone stop the ferrile Roomba from  stealing that Pilatus.

If it was a Roomba, everyone on the ramp would be in trouble!  Those things are just plain out of contol!

 

 

 

Edited January 22, 2016 by Mooneymite

[Mooneymite]

1 minute ago, peevee said:

works great... until there's 1/4" of snow on the ramp

From the web site:  

Q: Can the tug operate in snow and rain?

A: Yes. It works fine in light snow and even ice. Yes to the rain, just don't submerge it. The electronics are in the top of the tug and you want to keep those dry.   https://acairtechnology.com/home.aspx

Edited January 21, 2016 by Mooneymite

[ArtVandelay]

Reminds of when I played golf with a guy with one of those automatic electric carts to carry your bag, as I was asking him about it the cart turn a bit too sharp and it missed the bridge and went onto the creek.

I'll pass, thx

[Bennett]

There is a large twin in the hangar directly across from my hangar that has one of these. Great toy, and fun to watch the owner guide his airplane in and out of his hangar using an iPhone (could be an Android smartphone) to control the device. He sure upstages my RoboTow. Not sure I would want one, even if I could afford it.

[peevee]

3 hours ago, Mooneymite said:

From the web site:  

Q: Can the tug operate in snow and rain?

A: Yes. It works fine in light snow and even ice. Yes to the rain, just don't submerge it. The electronics are in the top of the tug and you want to keep those dry.   https://acairtechnology.com/home.aspx

light snow, a dusting at best.

[Mooneymite]

I know a Global operator who bought the large version of this because there wasn't room in the hangar for a conventional tug to pull the Global in.  It is pretty scary to see a 60 million dollar plane being moved about by something like a Roomba!  

[Mooneymite]

Just now, peevee said:

light snow, a dusting at best.

You question the veracity of a sales brochure?

Certainly they'd never stretch the truth!  

[Hank]

41 minutes ago, peevee said:

light snow, a dusting at best.

Guess it won't work here in LA, where any snow is heavy snow. 

[Oscar Avalle]

I like it... although very expensive.

[DAVIDWH]

Seems a little light in the high tech. area.

I would add a spray bar and rear scraper so the hangar could be cleaned at the same time.

Roomba got it right.

[aviatoreb]

I saw one of those in action moving a gulfstream G3 I think it was, at Reading in PA.  It was very impressive and looked like lots of fun.

[Brandontwalker]

We have some pretty savvy folks on this board. We need to put our heads together to figure out how to build one of these.

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