Ground Handling
MRO / FBO / Airlines

 
 
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200t
85t
75t
50t
39t
28t

Increase revenue. Lower Costs, avoid Accidents, optimize Hangar Capacity.

Mototok aircraft tugs allow MRO facilities to electrify their ground handling and to increase revenue thanks to cost efficiency, time efficiency, ease of use, and safety.

cost-effective
Cost Efficiency.
No maintenance plans, no aircraft tug trainings: Mototoks’ clever design effectuates the quickest ROI of the industry. Using a mototok is a simple one-man-operation with one machine adjustable to all wheel sizes. MRO facilities and FBO can use the same Mototok tug for all aircraft they do maintenance on.
time-space-efficient
Performance Increase.

The advantages of Mototok’s fully-electric, towbarless aircraft tugs allow MRO facilities to significantly increase their performance in daily operations. Mototoks reliably optimizes usage of limited space up to 40% and work flawlessly and speedily in rain, snow, and on ice.

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Safe & Easy Use.
Zero degree turn, hydraulic fixation of the nose wheel, remote controlled safety and view, and our automatic steering control option including fully programmable speeds, braking curves, initial torques and oversteering protection nothing but eliminate human error.

Check Out Mototok at MRO Facilities

Mototok is the leading provider of aircraft tugs for Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) operations, used at MRO facilities worldwide. Experience unparalleled efficiency and safety with our Mototok models in hangar operations. These advanced remote-controlled tugs provide precise maneuverability, ensuring seamless and secure aircraft movement even in the tightest spaces. Boost your MRO facility's productivity with the reliability, safety, and convenience of Mototok tugs, engineered for optimal performance and ease of use.
 

Discover the Unique Benefits of a Mototok in Your Hangar.

Listen to Denis Velic, Base Maintenance Manager at Aviaprime about the Advantages of the Mototok Spacer.

Fully-electric, towbarless Mototok tugs optimize ground handling for Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) operations as well as fixed-base operators (FBO). Mototok is the market leader in MRO and FBO ground handling — and also the trusted choice for Corporate Flight departments worldwide.

 

More Space: Increase Capacity up to 60% by optimizing parking space.

Hangar-Situation-Towbar

Hangar situation with a Towbar-Tractor

Typically situation in a hangar – managed with a conventional tow tractor. The biggest disadvantages are:

  • All aircraft faces to the hangars gate because you have to consider the exit path of the tow tractor. Parking directly in a hangars corner is impossible.
  • The distance between the aircraft has to be
    acceptably big.

You are not able to use your hangars full capacity!

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Hangar Situation with a Mototok

Same hangar – significantly better result with a Mototok tug:

  • Park your aircraft directly towards a wall or in the hangars corner. You don't have to consider the exit path of mototok.

  • “Stack“ aircraft – park your aircraft with extreme minimal distance. Maneuvering in extreme narrow situations is no problem.

Increase the capacity of your hangar up to 60%
by optimizing parking space!

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Circumferrencial-View-Towbar

Hangar situation with a Towbar-Tractor

Towing with a conventional Tractor:
In the optimum case 4 Persons needed:

  • 2 Wingwalker
  • 1 Brakeman in the Cockpit
  • 1 Tug-Driver
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Hangar Situation with a Mototok

Circumferential view – only one person with a radio remote control (RRC) needed for moving the aircraft safely.

Safety first

We care about your aircraft.

The hydraulic clamping mechanism of the almost all Mototok models encloses the nose wheel fully hydraulically and sensor controlled with gentle force and prevents it from slipping out of the nose wheel platform. This technology is unique in this class of tugs.

Mototok-TWIN-with-turned-nosegear

 

Safety first

Offset-Turningpoint

A nosewheel is basically offset in order to remain safely on track during take-off and landing. Due to this, ground position point A isnot identical with construction related axis B on the landing gear.

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Due to this design-related inclination of the nose wheel suspension,the nose wheel tilts sideways during a rotation of the Mototok. Thehydraulic safety paddles automatically compensate this and gentlyfixes always the nose wheel securely in position.

Convenient Usage

Sensor controlled – smart, fast, easy and safe – here using the Mototok TWIN as an example.

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Mototok-TWIN-Loading-Procedure-1

Loading the nose wheel with all Mototok electric tugs is quick and easy. No winch, no lashing straps, no laborious bending down to fix the nose wheel. Let the hydraulic system do the work for you!

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Mototok-TWIN-Loading-Procedure-2

Drive the Mototok with opened hydraulical door and lowered platform towards the nose wheel of the aircraft until the nose wheel touches the inner wedge the nose wheel platform. Then press the start-button on the remote control.

3

Mototok-TWIN-Loading-Procedure-3

The hydraulical door closes. If necessary, the sliding table is adjustable for fitting smaller nose wheels.

4

Mototok-TWIN-Loading-Procedure-4

The sliding table presses the nose wheel towards the closed hydraulical door until a specified pressure is reached.

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Mototok-TWIN-Loading-Procedure-6

The platform lifts up and raises the nose wheel.

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Mototok-TWIN-Loading-Procedure-5

Lastly the operator has to bring down the safety paddles manually – ready for moving the aircraft. The whole procedure takes 10-15 seconds only.

Convenient Usage

Mototok aircraft tugs for MRO- and FBO-purposes help to significantly increase time efficiency when accessing aircraft in the hangar, thanks to their compact, towbarless design and remote control feature – saving you up to two thirds of time compared to conventional tugs.

Loading the nose gear is as simple as tapping a button on the remote.

Docking takes a matter of seconds from the rear or front of the nose wheel. Simply drive the Mototok up to the nose wheel. The wheel is then hydraulically fixed firmly in position and raised – ready for take off! All this with no awkward strap, no inconvenient winch. No bolts or tools are required.

  • Radio remote controlled operating under an industrial frequency code approved for airports
  • Automatic connection to the aircraft‘s nose wheel with one tap on a button of the remote
  • No straps, no winch, no tools required

Suitable for different tire sizes.

As standard, all Mototok Series are equipped with a nose wheel platform consisting of:

  • 2 wedges that fix the nose wheel in the lower area and
  • 1 or 2 safety paddles (depending on the nose wheel used, can be replaced in a few easy steps, TWIN-Series and M-Series only.)

The safety paddle(s) ensure a secure, force-locked and form-fit fixation of the nose wheel. This safely prevents the nose wheel from sliding out upwards, which would make the aircraft no longer controllable.

Mototok-LB-Series-Different-Tire-Sizes

 

 

Suitable for different tire sizes.

As standard, all Mototok Series are equipped with a nose wheel platform consisting of:

  • 2 wedges that fix the nose wheel in the lower area and
  • 1 or 2 safety paddles (depending on the nose wheel used, can be replaced in a few easy steps, TWIN-Series and M-Series only.)

The safety paddle(s) ensure a secure, force-locked and form-fit fixation of the nose wheel. This safely prevents the nose wheel from sliding out upwards, which would make the aircraft no longer controllable.

Mototok-LB-Series-Different-Tire-Sizes

 

 
 
Mototok-Spacer200-Boeing767
Spacer 200

200 t / 440,925 lbs
Mototok Spacer 8600 hangaring an Airbus A320
SPACER 8600

85 t / 187,400 lbs
Mototok-TWIN-6500NG-Gulfstream
TWIN-Series

75 t / 165,350 lbs
For Helicopter and Aircraft
Mototok-M528-with-Citation-X
M-Series

28 t / 61,730 lbs
For Helicopter and Aircraft

Technical Data

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SPACER 200
SPACER 200
  • double wheel
  • tonnage
Field of Application MRO/FBO
Use Case

Airbus A220, A318, A319, A320, A321

Airbus A330, A340, A350

Boeing 757, 767, 777, 787

Towing Capacity 200 t
440900 lbs
Nosewheel Weight Capacity 22 t
48500 lbs
Dimension
Width x Length x Height 3988 x 3999 x 879 mm
157.01 x 157.44 x 34.61 "
Ground Clearance 73 mm
2.87 "
Max width of the Nosewheel 1400 mm
55.12 "
Nosewheel Diameter 650 - 1200 mm
25.59 - 47.24 "
Unladen Weight 13000 kg
28660 lbs
Motor Performance 12 kW
Drive Wheel Width Not specified
Not specified
Drive Wheel Diameter Not specified
Not specified
Speed 1.11 m/s
4 km/h
2.49 mph
Batteries 4 x 330 Ah
Voltage 96 V
Tyres puncture proof tyres
SPACER 8600 MA
SPACER 8600 MA
  • double wheel
  • tonnage
Field of Application MRO/FBO
Use Case

Airbus A220, A318, A319, A320, A321

Boeing 737 + MAX

Towing Capacity 80 t
176400 lbs
Nosewheel Weight Capacity 8 t
17600 lbs
Dimension
Width x Length x Height 2610 x 3305 x 553 mm
102.76 x 130.12 x 21.77 "
Ground Clearance 81 mm
3.19 "
Max width of the Nosewheel 851 mm
33.5 "
Nosewheel Diameter 450 - 850 mm
17.72 - 33.46 "
Unladen Weight 5400 kg
11900 lbs
Motor Performance 6.9 kW
Drive Wheel Width Not specified
Not specified
Drive Wheel Diameter Not specified
Not specified
Speed 1.5 m/s
5.4 km/h
3.36 mph
Batteries 4 x 300 Ah
Voltage 80 V
Tyres puncture proof tyres
TWIN 7500 NG Flat
TWIN 7500 NG Flat
  • single wheel
  • double wheel
  • helicopter
  • tonnage
Field of Application MRO/FBO, Helicopter
Use Case

Pilatus PC-12

Pilatus PC-24

Hawkers

Gulfstream G280, G300, G350

Gulfstream GIV (G450)

Gulfstream G500/G600, G650

Gulfstream G700, G800

Embraer Phenom 300

Embraer Praetor 500, 600

Embraer Legacy

Bombardier Challenger 300, 604

Bombardier Challenger 3500, 650

Bombardier Global Express

Bombardier Global 6500, 5500

Bombardier Global 7500, 8000

Boeing Business Jet

Citation CJ1, CJ2. CJ2+, Sovereign

Piper Diamond

King Air

Learjet

Sikorsky

Agusta-Leonardo

Lockheed Martin F16, F35

Aermacchi T346 - MB 339, T 345

ATR 42 200-600, ATR 72 200-600

Towing Capacity 75 t
165300 lbs
Nosewheel Weight Capacity 7.5 t
16500 lbs
Dimension
Width x Length x Height 2136 x 2596 x 324 mm
84.09 x 102.2 x 12.76 "
Ground Clearance 85 mm
3.35 "
Max width of the Nosewheel 665 mm
26.18 "
Nosewheel Diameter 180 - 670 mm
7.09 - 26.38 "
Unladen Weight 2100 kg
4600 lbs
Motor Performance 5 kW
Drive Wheel Width 100 mm
3.94 "
Drive Wheel Diameter 300 mm
11.81 "
Speed 1.05 m/s
3.78 km/h
2.35 mph
Batteries 4 x 210 Ah
Voltage 48 V
Tyres puncture proof tyres with quartz sand particles
TWIN 7500 NG
TWIN 7500 NG
  • single wheel
  • double wheel
  • helicopter
  • tonnage
Field of Application MRO/FBO, Helicopter
Use Case

Pilatus PC-12

Pilatus PC-24

Hawkers

Gulfstream G280, G300, G350

Gulfstream GIV (G450)

Gulfstream G500/G600, G650

Gulfstream G700, G800

Embraer Phenom 300

Embraer Praetor 500, 600

Embraer Legacy

Bombardier Challenger 300, 604

Bombardier Challenger 3500, 650

Bombardier Global Express

Bombardier Global 6500, 5500

Bombardier Global 7500, 8000

Boeing Business Jet

Citation CJ1, CJ2. CJ2+, Sovereign

Piper Diamond

King Air

Learjet

Sikorsky

Agusta-Leonardo

Lockheed Martin F16, F35

Aermacchi T346 - MB 339, T 345

ATR 42 200-600, ATR 72 200-600

Towing Capacity 75 t
165300 lbs
Nosewheel Weight Capacity 7.5 t
16500 lbs
Dimension
Width x Length x Height 2136 x 2596 x 350 mm
84.09 x 102.2 x 13.78 "
Ground Clearance 110 mm
4.33 "
Max width of the Nosewheel 665 mm
26.18 "
Nosewheel Diameter 180 - 670 mm
7.09 - 26.38 "
Unladen Weight 2100 kg
4600 lbs
Motor Performance 5 kW
Drive Wheel Width 100 mm
3.94 "
Drive Wheel Diameter 300 mm
11.81 "
Speed 1.05 m/s
3.78 km/h
2.35 mph
Batteries 4 x 210 Ah
Voltage 48 V
Tyres puncture proof tyres with quartz sand particles
TWIN 6600 NG
TWIN 6600 NG
  • single wheel
  • double wheel
  • helicopter
  • tonnage
Field of Application MRO/FBO, Helicopter
Use Case

Pilatus PC-12

Pilatus PC-24

Hawkers

Gulfstream G280, G300, G350

Gulfstream GIV (G450)

Gulfstream G500/G600, G650, G700

Embraer Phenom 300

Embraer Praetor 500, 600

Bombardier Challenger 300, 604

Bombardier Challenger 3500, 650

Bombardier Global Express

Bombardier Global 6500

Citation CJ1, CJ2. CJ2+, Sovereign

Piper Diamond

King Air

Learjet

Sikorsky

Agusta Leonardo

Lockheed Martin F16, F35

Aermacchi T346 - MB 339, T 345

ATR 42 200-600, ATR 72 200-600

Towing Capacity 55 t
121200 lbs
Nosewheel Weight Capacity 6 t
13200 lbs
Dimension
Width x Length x Height 2136 x 2596 x 363 mm
84.09 x 102.2 x 14.29 "
Ground Clearance 110 mm
4.33 "
Max width of the Nosewheel 665 mm
26.18 "
Nosewheel Diameter 180 - 670 mm
7.09 - 26.38 "
Unladen Weight 1700 kg
3750 lbs
Motor Performance 3.2 kW
Drive Wheel Width 130 mm
5.12 "
Drive Wheel Diameter 350 mm
13.78 "
Speed 1.9 m/s
6.84 km/h
4.25 mph
Batteries 4 x 210 Ah
Voltage 48 V
Tyres puncture proof tyres
TWIN 6500 NG Flat
TWIN 6500 NG Flat
  • single wheel
  • double wheel
  • helicopter
  • tonnage
Field of Application MRO/FBO, Helicopter
Use Case

Pilatus PC-12

Pilatus PC-24

Hawkers

Gulfstream G280, G300, G350

Embraer Phenom 300

Embraer Praetor 500, 600

Bombardier Challenger 300, 604

Bombardier Challenger 3500, 650

Citation CJ1, CJ2. CJ2+, Sovereign

Piper Diamond

King Air

Learjet

Sikorsky

Agusta-Leonardo

Lockheed Martin F16, F35

Aermacchi T346 - MB 339, T 345

ATR 42 200-600, ATR 72 200-600

Towing Capacity 50 t
110200 lbs
Nosewheel Weight Capacity 6 t
13200 lbs
Dimension
Width x Length x Height 2136 x 2596 x 324 mm
84.09 x 102.2 x 12.76 "
Ground Clearance 85 mm
3.35 "
Max width of the Nosewheel 665 mm
26.18 "
Nosewheel Diameter 180 - 670 mm
7.09 - 26.38 "
Unladen Weight 1700 kg
3750 lbs
Motor Performance 2.5 kW
Drive Wheel Width 100 mm
3.94 "
Drive Wheel Diameter 300 mm
11.81 "
Speed 1.5 m/s
5.4 km/h
3.36 mph
Batteries 4 x 210 Ah
Voltage 48 V
Tyres puncture proof tyres
TWIN 3900 NG
TWIN 3900 NG
  • single wheel
  • double wheel
  • helicopter
  • tonnage
Field of Application MRO/FBO, Helicopter
Use Case

Pilatus PC-12

Pilatus PC-24

Hawkers

Gulfstream G280, G300, G350

Embraer Phenom 300

Embraer Praetor 500, 600

Bombardier Challenger 300, 604

Bombardier Challenger 3500, 650

Citation CJ1, CJ2. CJ2+, Sovereign

Piper Diamond

King Air

Learjet

Sikorsky

Agusta-Leonardo

Lockheed Martin F16, F35

Aermacchi T346 - MB 339, T 345

Towing Capacity 39 t
86000 lbs
Nosewheel Weight Capacity 4.5 t
9900 lbs
Dimension
Width x Length x Height 2136 x 2596 x 350 mm
84.09 x 102.2 x 13.78 "
Ground Clearance 110 mm
4.33 "
Max width of the Nosewheel 665 mm
26.18 "
Nosewheel Diameter 180 - 670 mm
7.09 - 26.38 "
Unladen Weight 1700 kg
3750 lbs
Motor Performance 2.5 kW
Drive Wheel Width 100 mm
3.94 "
Drive Wheel Diameter 300 mm
11.81 "
Speed 1.5 m/s
5.4 km/h
3.36 mph
Batteries 4 x 210 Ah
Voltage 48 V
Tyres puncture proof tyres
M 528
M 528
  • single wheel
  • double wheel
  • helicopter
  • tonnage
Field of Application MRO/FBO, Helicopter
Use Case

Pilatus PC-12

Pilatus PC-24

Gulfstream G280

Embraer Phenom 300

Embraer Praetor 500, 600

Bombardier Challenger 300, 604

Bombardier Challenger 3500, 650

Citation CJ1, CJ2. CJ2+

Piper Diamond

King Air

Learjet

Sikorsky

Agusta-Leonardo

Lockheed Martin F16

Aermacchi T346 - MB 339, T 345

Towing Capacity 28 t
61700 lbs
Nosewheel Weight Capacity 2 t
4400 lbs
Dimension
Width x Length x Height 1810 x 1810 x 330 mm
71.26 x 71.26 x 12.99 "
Ground Clearance 80 mm
3.15 "
Max width of the Nosewheel 500 mm
19.69 "
Nosewheel Diameter 150 - 500 mm
5.91 - 19.69 "
Unladen Weight 1000 kg
2200 lbs
Motor Performance 1.3 kW
Drive Wheel Width Not specified
Not specified
Drive Wheel Diameter Not specified
Not specified
Speed 1.45 m/s
5.22 km/h
3.25 mph
Batteries 4 x 115 Ah
Voltage 48 V
Tyres puncture proof tyres
M 515
M 515
  • single wheel
  • double wheel
  • helicopter
  • tonnage
Field of Application MRO/FBO, Helicopter
Use Case

Pilatus PC-12

Pilatus PC-24

Citation CJ1, CJ2. CJ2+

Embraer Phenom 300

Embraer Praetor 500

Piper Diamond

King Air

Learjet

Sikorsky

Agusta-Leonardo

Lockheed Martin F16

Aermacchi T346 - MB 339, T 345

Towing Capacity 15 t
33000 lbs
Nosewheel Weight Capacity 1.5 t
3300 lbs
Dimension
Width x Length x Height 1810 x 1810 x 330 mm
71.26 x 71.26 x 12.99 "
Ground Clearance 80 mm
3.15 "
Max width of the Nosewheel 500 mm
19.69 "
Nosewheel Diameter 150 - 500 mm
5.91 - 19.69 "
Unladen Weight 900 kg
1980 lbs
Motor Performance 1.3 kW
Drive Wheel Width Not specified
Not specified
Drive Wheel Diameter Not specified
Not specified
Speed 1.45 m/s
5.22 km/h
3.25 mph
Batteries 4 x 115 Ah
Voltage 48 V
Tyres puncture proof tyres

Frequently Asked Questions

Looking for more details about Mototok’s capabilities, compatibility or usage? Here you’ll find answers to the most common questions about our electric towbarless tugs, ground handling integration, and aircraft compatibility.
Mototok is the market leader in MRO and FBO ground handling operations. Mototok aircraft tugs are the trusted choice of Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facilities and fixed-base operators (FBO) worldwide, used to optimize ground handling operations and increase efficiency.
Fully-electric, towbarless Mototok aircraft tugs allow MRO facilities and fixed-base operators (FBO) to electrify their ground handling operations. Using emission-free Mototok tugs significantly increases the sustainability of MRO and FBO ground handling, thus also contributing to the aviation industry’s net zero goal.

Fully-electric, towbarless Mototok tugs with remote control have several advantages compared to other aircraft tugs that allow MRO facilities and FBOs to increase revenue by significantly increasing their performance in daily ground handling operations. Here are the central advantages of a Mototok tug for MRO- and FBO-purposes:


- Increased time efficiency: Compared to other aircraft tugs, such as conventional tractors with a towbar,Mototoks access aircraft in the hangar more than twice as quickly, when accessing aircraft in the hangar thanks to their compact, towbarless design and remote controlled precision.

- Cost efficiency: Mototok aircraft tugs have the quickest ROI in the industry. They are maintenance free in daily operation and require no special license but only minimal training for ground handling personnel.

- One person operation: Mototok aircraft tugs can be safely operated by a single person thanks to the remote-controlled system enabling circumferential view – no additional wing walker required, ideal for ground handlers at MRO facilities and FBOs.
- Ease of use and safety: The towbarless design and remote control feature of the Mototok ensures ease of use and unparalleled safety. With our unique automatic hydraulic and sensor-controlled system, loading and unloading the nose gear is quick, simple, and safe.
- Optimized hangar capacity: Thanks to the precise maneuverability, remote controlled Mototok tugs help to optimize usage of limited space and increase hangar capacity up to 60 percent.
- Sustainability: Fully-electric Mototok tugs allow MROs and FBOs to electrify their ground handling and are the sustainable alternative to conventional diesel aircraft tugs.

With a Mototok tug, MRO facilities and FBOs can basically use the same tug for all aircraft they do maintenance on – all Mototok tugs are suitable for different tire sizes. However, there are different Mototok series, depending on the aircraft – with the M series being the entry-level model and the TWIN series being the most popular model series for MROs and FBOs:

 

  • - The Mototok M-Series is for light business aircraft, turbo props and helicopters. 
  • - Mototok TWIN series tugs are for medium to large business jets and helicopters. 
  • - The Mototok SPACER series is the number one solution for wide-body MRO operations and FBO.

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