Dufour selects Plettenberg for Aero2 tail-thruster propulsion

Sep 14, 2023 · Partnership · Plettenberg · Propulsion Components

Dufour Aerospace selected Plettenberg as supplier for the tail-thruster propulsion unit of its Aero2 uncrewed tilt-wing aircraft.

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  • Aero2 is an uncrewed tilt-wing aircraft for critical-cargo transport.
  • Plettenberg supplied a tailored NOVA 15 LW motor with three ESCs and redundancy for continued safe flight.
  • The announcement framed Plettenberg as an electric propulsion supplier for the uncrewed-systems market.

Plettenberg makes high-performance brushless electric motors for uncrewed systems and specialist vehicles. Its motors are relevant to UAV propulsion stacks where power density and reliability are key integration constraints.