•  71 % of airports surveyed have a waiting list for their hangars (2021)

• 72 % of aircraft owners wait 6 mo. to 2+ years 

•  36% of hangars described as in need of “some” or “major” repair

• Construction Costs

• Difficulty attracting private investments

• Shortage of Land

This may give rise to problems with avoiding infrastructural obstacles. which planes cannot easily avoid due to a basic limitation: their wheels only facilitate back and forth movement. 

Created rough markups of the bracket dimensions/attatchment points, and illustrated the rotating drive wheel. 

Prototyped motor placement  illustration.

Drive wheel mounted on a steel frame welded to a Daytona Dolly. 

We modified this widely available and effective, albeit ummotorized, dolly. 

These 3d printed gears reduced the motors and connected their force to the wheel or the bearing structure respectively. 

24V DC motors purchased from amazon. They have a rated torque of 8 and 6.85 newton-meters respectively, which would be enough to move a small aircraft.

Single pole single throw switch connecting each motor to a 12V battery. 

Provides the mount for the larger motor and the wheel's axel by connecting to the bottom part of the bearing structure.

Mounts the top part of the bearing structure to the side of the Daytona dolly while providing enough clearance for the motor to pass under it.