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Old 2nd Feb 2009, 06:47
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2 years ago a company put four wheel motors into a mini. Each weighed fifty pounds (~20kg.) and produced 150 bhp.

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I would be interested in any link if you have one. No other interest now except curiosity.

Back to the self towing aircraft: I frankly don't think this idea would get past the first hurdle.

Does any unbiased person think that an aircraft - size say, from the 737 and bigger - could be usefully pulled by their own nosewheel? By this I mean in a day-to-day working environment, not just a flat and dry ground test.
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