Working on the ideal single engine tug!

"PixieAviatrix" wrote

TugMan wrote:
Alright all you pilots, linemen and pseudo-engineers...I am in the
process of designing the perfect single engine aircraft tug!

Powerplant should be the cheap 4 cycle weedeater engine, like the ones Ryobi
makes. Attach on axle ends, with a pneumatic wheel (wheelbarrow size) gear
and chain driven that is forced to the pavement or grass by lever action of
the steering arm pressing it into the ground. It should be steerable by a
crank on the end of the handle turning a worm gear to pivot the driving
wheel, all the way around in a 360 degree circle, which will also give you
the forward or reverse function. Centrifugal clutch, with disk brake
holding it still while throttle lever is at idle, with the addition of a
parking brake lever to facilitate starting the engine. All up weight should
be no more than 40 pounds. Cost no more than 450 dollars. Foldable to no
more than 36 inches long.
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Jim in NC