Spacer 200
Spacer 8600
for Maintaining Wide and Narrow bodies
Why Mototok is the Number 1 Choice for MRO Operations
The Spacer-Series of Mototok tugs is the number one solution for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) operations of narrow- and wide-body aircraft. Renowned across Europe and Asia, all major MROs trust Mototok for their ground support equipment needs. Mototok Spacer-Series tugs are designed for wide-body as well as narrow-body, regional and bigger business aircraft up to 200 tonnes or 440,924 lbs. Our customers consistently reorder our tugs due to their unmatched reliability and efficiency, leading to significant improvements in operational performance. Choose Mototok and experience the excellence that sets us apart in the MRO industry.
Dennis Velic / Base Maintenance Manager Adriatehnika about the Advantages of the Mototok Spacer 8600
Spacer 200. The compact big one.
Designed for wide body aircraft up to 200 tonnes.
| Boeing | Airbus | Embraer |
|---|---|---|
| Boeing 787 | Airbus 350 | Embraer E-Jets |
| Boeing 777-X | Airbus 340 | |
| Boeing 767 | Airbus 330 | |
| Boeing 757 | Airbus 320 Familiy | |
| Airbus 220 |
Mototok Spacer-Series tugs are designed for wide-body as well as narrow-body, regional and bigger business aircraft up to 200 tonnes or 440,924 lbs.Mototok SPACER 200 is equipped with two powerful AC motors of the highest quality of German manufacture. The batteries are on the same highest technological level. The battery charger with microprocessor regulation ensures a rapid and gentle charging of the batteries in about 6 hours. All Mototok tugs are equipped with the most modern processor controlled electronic components. To reduce the susceptance to failure Mototok SPACER 200 comes up with an integrated CAN-BUS.
- Full electric drive
- Radio remotely controlled
- Only 1 person required for operation
- No driving license required
- Minimal operating costs
- Minimal maintenance costs
- Full automatically loading and unloading of the nose wheel
- Ideal for hangar and apron positioning operations
Mototok Spacer 200 at Joramco
Mototok Spacer 200 maneuvers an Airbus A319
Mototok Spacer 200 with a Boeing 767
Mototok Spacer 200 with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Make full use of the hangar space.
Typically situation in a hangar – managed with a conventional tow tractor.
The biggest disadvantages are:
- All aircraft faces to the hangars gate because you have to consider the exit path of the tow tractor. Parking directly in a hangars corner is impossible.
- The distance between the aircraft has to be acceptably big. Maneuvering with a tow tractor means you have to move the machine to turn the nose wheel. Turning the nose wheel without moving the aircraft is impossible!
In our example you are only able to put a B777 together with a A320 in the same hangar. You are not able to use your hangars full capacity!
Same hangar – more aircraft with Mototok SPACER 200.
The compact design of the Mototok Spacer-Series allows you to accommodate more aircraft and increase your hangar capacity up to 150 percent compared to other tugs such as conventional tow tractors:
- Park your aircraft directly towards a wall or in the hangars corner. You don’t have to consider the exit path of Mototok due to Mototoks very compact design.
- „Stack“ aircraft – park your aircraft with extreme minimal distance. Maneuvering in extreme tight situations is from now on no problem.
For our example it means, that you can park three more A320 (or similar) in the same hangar.
Increase the capacity of your hangar up to 150% by optimizing parking space!
Automatic Hydraulic Nosegear Loading
Sensor controlled – smart, fast, easy and safe.
Engaging and Disengaging the Nose Wheel
The engaging procedure can be started automatically by pressing just one button on the remote control:
The engaging procedure can be started automatically by pressing just one button on the remote control:
Drive the Mototok with opened hydraulical door and lowered platform towards the nose wheel of the aircraft until the inner wedge touches the nose wheel of the aircraft. Then press the start-button on the remote control.
The hydraulical door closes …
… and clamps the nose wheel safe and gently with a specific pressure.
The platform lifts up and raises the nose wheel.
Convenient Usage
Loading the nose gear is as simple as tapping a button on the remote.
Docking takes a matter of seconds from the rear or front of the nose wheel. Simply drive the Mototok up to the nose wheel. The wheel is then hydraulically fixed firmly in position and raised – ready for take off! All this with no awkward strap, no inconvenient winch. No bolts or tools are required.
- Radio remote controlled operating under an industrial frequency code approved for airports
- Automatic connection to the aircraft‘s nose wheel with one tap on a button of the remote
- No straps, no winch, no tools required
Intelligent features
Safety first: I-NPS – Intelligent Nosegear Protection System.
Achieve more safety in your daily operation: Intelligent Oversteering Protection System (I-NPS) is our newest contribution to prevent damages on the nose gear whilst shunting the aircraft. Equipped with several sensors which measures the forces and torques on the nose gear, Mototoks oversteering protection system commences, when the torque reaches a set limit. Damages of the sensitive nose gear is hereby impossible.
I-NPS gives an alarm output and stops the Mototok immediately. After the oversteering and stop occur, the operator can correct the movement and continue immediately.
Ground Handling goes Digital – the new soft- and hardware features.
Mototok Spacer 200 comes with a central processing unit (CPU) for features and adjustments relating to
- Towing and braking forces
- Oversteering protection
- Voice announcements
- Unit diagnostics
- Log files
- User access
Log in for
operation
The quickest log in can be done via a RFCI-card and an appropriate card reader on the machine. According to the authorization level, the user is able to move the Mototok, check or adjust the settings or read out the log files.
Technical Data Spacer 200
| Specification | |
|---|---|
| Use for | Double nosewheel |
| Field of application | MRO |
| Maximum towing capacity | 200 t (440,924 lbs) |
| Maximum nosewheel weight capacity | 22 t (48,502 lbs) |
| Dimensions (without antenna, grips on the surface) – Width | 3988 mm (157.01 inch) |
| Dimensions (without antenna, grips on the surface) – Length | 3920 mm (154.33 inch) |
| Dimensions (without antenna, grips on the surface) – Height | 879 mm (34.61 inch) |
| Ground clearance | 105 mm (4.13 inch) |
| Max width of the nose wheel | 1400 mm (55.12 inch) |
| Nosewheel diameter (Min.) | 650 mm (25.59 inch) |
| Nosewheel diameter (Max.) | 1200 mm (47.24 inch) |
| Unladen weight | 13 t (28,660 lbs) |
| Batteries (maintenance-free, deep cycle gel) | 4 × 330 Ah Maintenance-free, high-current AGM |
| Voltage | 96 V |
| AC Microprocessor controlled electric motors | Included |
| Range (depending on the workload) | 1 day |
| Possible terrain | Concrete, stone |
| Drive wheel width | 220 mm (8.66 inch) |
| Drive wheel diameter | 710 mm (27.95 inch) |
| Tyres | Puncture-proof tyres |
Spacer 8600 MA.
Designed for narrow body aircraft up to 80 tonnes.
Mototok utilises the available space by allowing planes …
… to be positioned directly in front of the wall or in a corner.
Mototok Spacer 8600 MA tows an Airbus A320 Neo
Mototok Spacer 8600 MA with an Airbus A320.
Motototk - ideal for tight spaces with little room for manoeuvring
Mototok Spacer 8600 maneuvers a Boeing 737
Mototok SPACER 8600 MA is the ideal tug for hangar operations with narrow body, regional and bigger business aircraft.
The SPACER 8600 MA comes with outstanding benefits, such as:
- Full electric drive
- Radio remotely controlled
- Only 1 person required for operation
- No driving license required
- Full automatically loading and unloading of the nose wheel
- Ideal for hangar and apron positioning operations
- Hydraulic adjustment of the mouth opening depth for wheels with small diameter
- High powered electric motors
- Minimal operating costs
- Minimal maintenance costs
- Park your aircraft using the last corner of your hangar and save space
- Quickest Return on Investment
All Spacer-Models are standardly equipped with
- Advanced Radio Remote Control
- Fully automatic 1-click-loading system
- Driving lights
- Yellow flashlight and safety beeper
- Manual emergency nose wheel release, allows to open the nose wheel reception in case of fault
Optional Equipment
- Oversteering protection with steering torque measurement and counter steering (i-NPS)
- Automatic controls by ground markings (AGV functionality)
- Spiral cable connection (15 m) between Mototok and control unit instead of radio remote control
- Computer Maintenance Diagnostic System
- Automatic emergency nose wheel release, allows to open the nose wheel reception in case of fault by simply pressing the E-button on the panel
- RFID User ID Access and Administration System
- Saltwater resistance
Turning on the spot
Maximum manoeuvrability and safe positioning of the aircraft even in very tight spaces: Mototok turns the raised nose wheel on the spot under the fuselage. The wingtips and fuselage remain virtually immobile. This is a unique advantage when manoeuvring aircraft of this size.
Automatic Hydraulic Nosegear Loading
Sensor controlled – smart, fast, easy and safe.
Loading the nose wheel with a Mototok Spacer 8600 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.
Technical Data Spacer 8600 MA
| Specification | |
|---|---|
| Use for | Double nosewheel |
| Field of application | MRO |
| Maximum towing capacity | 80 t (176,370 lbs) |
| Maximum nosewheel weight capacity | 8 t (17,637 lbs) |
| Dimensions (without antenna, grips on the surface) – Width | 2610 mm (102.76 inch) |
| Dimensions (without antenna, grips on the surface) – Length | 3305 mm (130.12 inch) |
| Dimensions (without antenna, grips on the surface) – Height | 553 mm (21.77 inch) |
| Ground clearance | 81 mm (3.19 inch) |
| Max width of the nose wheel | 840 mm (33.07 inch) |
| Nosewheel diameter (Min.) | 450 mm (17.72 inch) |
| Nosewheel diameter (Max.) | 850 mm (33.46 inch) |
| Unladen weight | 5,400 kg (11,905 lbs) |
| Batteries (maintenance-free, deep cycle gel) | 4 × 300 Ah Armour Plate with electrolyte recirculation |
| Voltage | 80 V |
| AC Microprocessor controlled electric motors | Includ |
Frequently Asked Questions.
Looking for more details about Mototok’s capabilities, compatibility or usage? Here you’ll find answers to the most common questions about our electric towbarless tugs, ground handling integration, and aircraft compatibility.
Compatible with narrow-body (Spacer 8600 MA & NG up to 105 tons or 231,485 lbs) as well as wide-body aircraft (Spacer 200) up to 200 tonnes or 440,924 lbs. This includes regional and bigger business aircraft.
SPACER-Series tugs are Mototok’s optimum solution of fully-electric, towbarless, and remote-controlled aircraft tugs for maintaining narrow-body and wide-body aircraft, trusted by Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities and fixed-base operators (FBOs) worldwide.
Mototok SPACER-Series tugs have several advantages compared to other aircraft tugs, the central benefits being:
- Increased time efficiency: With Mototok SPACER-Series tugs, automatic nosegear loading is a matter of only 10 to 15 seconds. Given their remote-controlled precision and towbarless, compact design, Mototok tugs are, moreover, able to access aircraft in the hangar more than twice as quickly as other aircraft tugs.
- Improved hangar efficiency: Mototok SPACER-Series tugs help airports, MROs and FBOs to accommodate more aircraft by optimizing hangar capacity up to 150 percent.
- Low maintenance: Mototok tugs are maintenance free in daily operation, therefore requiring minimal maintenance costs.
- Ease of use: Towbarless and remote-controlled Mototok tugs are easy to maneuver, with no additional license necessary.
- One person operation: Since the remote control feature enables circumferential view, Mototok tugs can be safely operated by a single person.
- Sustainability: Given their fully-electric drive, Mototok SPACER-Series tugs are the sustainable alternative to conventional Diesel tugs.
- Optional AGV capability: The SPACER-Series can also be upgraded with Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) technology, enabling fully automated towing of narrow-body and wide-body aircraft. With AGV integration, aircraft movements such as pushback and positioning inside the hangar can be executed autonomously, repeatable, and with maximum process reliability.
Connecting Mototok SPACER-Series tugs to the aircraft is highly convenient: An automatic hydraulic and sensor controlled system ensures that loading and unloading the nose gear is quick, simple, and safe. In contrast to other aircraft tugs, there is no winch or lashing straps required, nor physical effort to fix the nose wheel.
Mototok SPACER-Series tugs help airports, MROs and FBOs to optimize hangar capacity up to 150 percent and accommodate more aircraft. Thanks to their towbarless design, Mototok tugs require minimum space while shunting the aircraft; their remote control feature enables unparalleled precision and circumferential view; and the automatic nosegear loading and compact design allow the operator to park aircraft in the last corner of the hangar without having to consider an exit path.