DIY Airplane Tug

DIY Airplane Tug | Mooney edition

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2 жыл бұрын

Homemade airplane tug with detailed how-to instructions. Designed to move my Mooney M20F. This is a zero weld build, only needed an angle grinder and a power drill. The DIY plane tug was custom designed and built, all plastic pieces were 3D printed to exact specifications.
24V 350W gear reduction motor ebay.us/qNOqAq
24V motor controller and throttle ebay.us/ZYJgzA
Wheel with sprocket ebay.us/VxKzTf
Pillow box for axle ebay.us/WMmZbn
Linear motor amzn.to/3kRkOcV
Battery minder amzn.to/3kSbG7O
Rocker switch amzn.to/392ykaQ
Maintained rocker switch ebay.us/yL6b5s
Bike brake cable amzn.to/3wgdkpd
12V battery amzn.to/3MchkxT
Snapmaker 3D printer amzn.to/3kT3owp
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Note: the gear reduction motor came with a #410 sprocket while the wheel came with a #35 sprocket. I changed the motor sprocket to a #35 to fit a #35 chain. The motor drive shaft is non-standard, roughly 11mm in diameter.

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@AlyssaM_InfoSec 10 ай бұрын

Just watched this for the first time tonight and all I can say is I'm damn impressed. Really nice build and I love that you even power articulated the aircraft attach points.

@TuomoMooneyFlying 10 ай бұрын

Thank You! It was a super fun project, I do have some 2.0 ideas if I ever need to redo this 😁

@glenellyn100 4 ай бұрын

@@TuomoMooneyFlying What are your 2.0 ideas. We are looking at building tugs for 3 club aircraft, Archer, Arrow, 172, and a Van's RV10 . We are hping to use one design and modify the grip arms

@TuomoMooneyFlying 4 ай бұрын

@glenellyn100 that’s a good question. I would definitely modify the grip arms. The current solution uses a cable to actuate them but it hasn’t proven to be very good solution. The linear motor instead of being on the side could go in the middle of the frame and push the fork out or pull in as needed with kind of a scissor like mechanism.

@manuelgarces1014 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Tuomo! I may build one myself!! Thanks for the inspiration!!!

@TuomoMooneyFlying 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Manny! It was definitely a fun project!

@stevew8614 19 күн бұрын

Excellent video, thanks! I have a 69M20C and attempting to build your example tug. Just wondering if you have any dimensions available for this project? Thanks again.

@TuomoMooneyFlying 18 күн бұрын

The rough dimensions were explained in the video, unfortunately I don’t have a drawing available. The long sides are 24” and the width was 10”. If I was going to do this again, the pivoting fork needs to be beefed up, and the articulating attach arms mechanics need more refinement. Closes great, opens not so great. Thanks for the kind comment!

@AV8OR51 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work. I have a tug that uses wired drill which works fairly well.

@TuomoMooneyFlying 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool! I looked into building something like that but couldn’t figure out a planetary gear for it. Thanks for stopping by the channel! Love your Grumman!

@msabol01 Жыл бұрын

Great project! What gauge wire did you use and what size terminals for the battery? Thanks!

@linuxguy1199 2 ай бұрын

Hello, is there any way I can connect a trailer hitch to my J5 Cub and tow a trailer with it?

@stevenwilkes5737 2 жыл бұрын

Could you discuss your fork design a little. it looks like it pivots. Any issues with jack knifing while backing the plane up? do you have something to limit the travel? can you lock it? I have built 2 similar to this except for RV-6 tail wheel and now designing a version for a nose wheel

@TuomoMooneyFlying 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there’s stoppers on both side of the fork arm so it pivots perhaps 10 degrees but not enough to jack knife

@bryantdavidson309 11 ай бұрын

I operate a C172 off of a grass strip, with grass transitioning to gravel going into an open hangar, with some humps and bumps. This design looks great! Do you think it would be adequate to operate on grass and gravel? Thanks

@TuomoMooneyFlying 11 ай бұрын

Never tried it on grass but you could get some extra grip tire for? It could work!

@michaeldeviza8089 Ай бұрын

How much torque that electric motor to move the aircraft? My i ask

@TuomoMooneyFlying Ай бұрын

Enough to push a Mooney with full fuel up a small slope. But the spec of the motor is listed on eBay, just follow the link in the video description.

@pipercomancheflyer8858 Жыл бұрын

Nice Job!!! What sproket you ended up using on the motor?

@TuomoMooneyFlying Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I had to change the motor sprocket to a #35. Was a real pain finding a sprocket that fit the motor since the motor had a non-standard size shaft. The one I got was slightly oversized but was able to use it anyway.

@msabol01 Жыл бұрын

@@TuomoMooneyFlying great project, may follow suit. Can you link the motor sprocket you used and screws you used.

@TuomoMooneyFlying Жыл бұрын

@@msabol01 thanks! The sprocket was the most difficult piece, I did not find one that was an easy bolt on because the motor axle was not standard. I took a sprocket and then modified it to fit the motor axle, it’s still not perfect but it works. The screws were metal screws, nothing special about them.

@copernicus633 11 ай бұрын

How do you connect sprocket to main drive wheel ?

@TuomoMooneyFlying 11 ай бұрын

The sprocket had a different hole dia than the main drive. But I found one that was slightly larger, it had a notch and the main drive had a pin. And then just tighten it down with a nut.