Wheeltug - the novel answer to marginal airline profitability

[rahosi]

Things are progressing, especially on the negotiation front - very busy. Development is also progressing, but the economic climate doesn't help.... Funding is still an issue. The good news is the family of companies have no debt! Lately that looks quite smart.....

Delta is still our launch customer & things are broadly on schedule for 2010.
Look out for a completely revamped website soon. More news ASAP. Maybe some interesting pictures showing the technical progress. Work continues.

And as for towing aircraft all over the place. It doesn't work. As it appears likewise some of the aircraft afterwards.... The high profile tests that were conducted about a year ago were abandoned quite soon after commencement. Mind you some of the green lobby may well have felt a bit off colour after their wrongful accusations on that abandonment. Ground tugs are quite aggressive.
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Following through on your link to MotorTrend, (+ today's interest) you might find Chorus™ for Cars interesting. Quite topical at the moment. Series Hybrid is the way to go (literally) - until there is radical advancement on the mobile electrical storage / supply issue.

There is also a more recent MotorTrends article that shows great insight. Anybody & everybody are building prototypes. But where are they going to source the essential elements required to build 10s of millions based on those prototypes? You think those prototypes are expensive now, with a ~$20K surcharge on them, wait until market forces drive up the price of those rare key elements. Forget economies of scale. Parallel Hybrids are VERY complex.
Nothing exotic is required to construct Chorus Motors. Simply a better motor.