M-SERIES
M-Series. Our entry Model for MRO/FBO.
Designed for light and business aircraft with single or double nose wheel, sporting airplanes and wheeled helicopters.
Aircraft like
- Aero Commander
- Cessna+Beechcraft
- Falcon
- Hawker
- Socata
- Pilatus
Nearly all wheeled Helicopter like
- Sikorsky
- Airbus
- Bell
- Leonardo / AugustaWestland
The M-Series is Mototok’s entry-level model of fully-electric, towbarless aircraft tugs for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) operations as well as fixed-base operators (FBO).
There are many different features of the Mototok M-Series compared to any other tug in the industry: Flexibility, safety, cost savings – with the highest ROI in the Market.
Extremely powerful electric motors driven by high-performance, maintenance-free batteries with high cycling capability, regulated and controlled by two high-performance microprocessors provide enormous driving forces. Extremely high initial torque ensures smooth acceleration, particularly at the start. Storage capacity is sufficient for lots of operations, depending on workload.
Mototok M-Series tugs are specifically designed for all aircraft and nearly all wheeled helicopters up to 28 tonnes or 61,700 lbs – including light and business aircraft with single or double nose wheel as well as sporting airplanes.
M 528 with a Citation-X – parked directly in a hangar's corner
M 528 with a Cessna Lattitude
M528 with a Sikorsky S70 Firehawk
M528 with a Beech B200 Super King Air
Safety first
We care about your aircraft.
The hydraulic clamping mechanism of the M-Series 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.
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.
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.
Take a look inside.
Automatic Hydraulic Nosegear Loading
Sensor controlled – smart, fast, easy and safe.
Loading the nose wheel with a Mototok M-Series electric tug 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!
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.
The hydraulical door closes. If necessary, the sliding table is adjustable for fitting smaller nose wheels.
The sliding table presses the nose wheel towards the closed hydraulical door until a specified pressure is reached.
The platform lifts up and raises the nose wheel.
Lastly the operator has to bring down the safety paddles manually – ready for moving the aircraft. The whole procedure takes 10-15 seconds only.
Moving your Aircraft the innovative Way.
Manouevering with Mototok is the easiest by far. The fuselage and wingtips remain in position whilst turning the nose gear on the spot for manoeuvering. With Mototok both turning the nose gear and moving the aircraft are two completely different movements – the deciding advantage of the Mototok tug sytem. The result is a minimum requirement of space whilst shunting the aircraft. This example shows that turning an aircraft by 90° reduces manoevering space to a circle.
- Best overall sight thanks to remote controlled maneuverings
- No winches, no straps, automatic convenient and automatic quick nose gear loading
- Low maintenance thanks to full electric drive
- Lowest space requirement when pushing or pulling the aircraft
- An automatic hydraulic and sensor-controlled system unique in this class of aircraft tugs ensures that with the Mototok M-Series, loading and unloading the nose gear is quick, simple, and safe.
Why Mototok does a much better Job?
In direct comparison with Mototok, the disadvantages of the other tug systems are obvious.
Conventional Tractor with a Towbar
Maneuvering with a towbar means “steering by moving“. Turning the nose gear and moving the aircraft are two inseparable motions when using a tow bar. Turning the nose wheel is only possible when the aircraft is moved backwards or forwards. The aircraft has to be moved several metres for the nose gear to turn and move the aircraft into another direction. This in turn increases the space needed for extensive manoeuvering.
Others disadvantages are:
- Many different tow bars have to be stored for different types of aircraft
- High risk of accidents and damage of the aircraft
- Minimum second person as a ,,wing walker" needede because the driver has no overview from his position
- High maintenace level due to combustion engine
Other towbarless Tugs
This principle means also “steering by moving“. The space requirement for maneuvering is approximately the same as with using a tow bar.
- Winches and straps for fixation often needed
- Minimum second person as a ,,wing walker" needed because the driver has no overview from his position
- The vehicles have big dimensions and need a lot of parking space
Tugs with a rotary table
The nose landing gear is clamped on a rotating turntable to prevent damage to the nose wheel if the maximum turning angle of the nose wheel is reached. The aircraft tractor can continue to turn, but the turntable remains stationary.
- Can load the aircraft only from the side of the aircraft.
- The Oversteering Protection that is supposed to take place through the use of the turntable only works reliably when pulling the aircraft. When pushing, the turntable behaves similarly to the caster of a shopping trolley due to the tracking of the nose wheels: the wheel will turn around its vertical axis. This can only be corrected by manually or electrically countersteering the table.
- No automatic fixation of the nosegear: there is no technically simple way to bring hydraulic or electric lines into the rotating platform without risking a premature defect.
- Safety issue: Due to the large and unfavourably placed drive wheels, there is a danger of crushing the operators feet during manoeuvring.
Mototok M528
Towing capacity 28 t (61700 lbs)
Automatic Nosegear loading process
Single and double Nosegear
The M 528 is a fully equipped aircraft tug with automatic loading functions for a convenient and quick loading and releasing of the aircrafts nose gear.
Includes the following features:
- Enhanced radio remote control for all features like loading and unloading the aircrafts nose gear, lifting and unlifting the platform, driving and steering functions
- Full hands free hydraulic door, fully automatic 1-click-loading-system
- LED high beam driving lights
- Safety flashlights and beeper
- Safety nose wheel paddles for a safe and gentle clamping of the nose gear – prevents the nosewheel from rising and slipping out of position. The securing device is hydraulically lowered onto the nosewheel and securely locked at the push of a button on the remote control.
Optional features:
- Ground power cable for gound power connection 13,4V / 25,6 V (short time up to 4600 A)
- Trailer coupling adaptor for multi-functional extensions
- Automatic controls by ground markings and camera (AGV functionality)
- Military spiral cable connection (15 m) between Mototok and control unit
- Saltwater resistance
- Standard Oversteering Protection System with Shearpin
Mototok M515
Towing capacity 15 t (33000 lbs)
Manual Nosegear loading process
Single and double Nosegear
The M 515 comes with a manual hyraulic aircraft loading system. The hydraulic platform is operated via levers directly on the Mototok. The drive commands are still executed via the remote control
Includes the following features:
- Standard radio remote control for driving and steering functions
- Safety nose wheel paddles for a safe and gentle clamping of the nose gear – prevents the nosewheel from rising and slipping out of position. The securing device is hydraulically lowered onto the nosewheel and securely locked at the push of a button on the remote control.
Optional features:
- LED high beam driving lights
- Safety flashlights and beeper
- Ground power cable for gound power connection
- 13,4V / 25,6 V (short time up to 4600 A)
- Trailer coupling adaptor for multi-functional extensions
- Automatic controls by ground markings and camera (AGV functionality)
- Military spiral cable connection (15 m) between Mototok and control unit
- Saltwater resistance
- Standard Oversteering Protection System with Shearpin
Mototok M-Series
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Accessoires
Ground power included
The M is equipped with Ground power sockets for supplying the aircraft with power for electrical equipment on board (cockpit, galley, air conditioning, etc.)
Optional: Oversteering Protection System
Mototok made the entry-level models of the M-Series safer: The 515 and 528 are equipped with a system to prevent oversteering and damage to the nosegear. The system interrupts the torque at predefined points with the help of shear pins. The transfer of the torque onto the nosegear will stop immediately. Beyond that, both model sounds an alarm and comes to an automatic stop. This is unique in this device class.