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Taxibots need to be installed in every airport and for every jet at peak capacity. These units go where the jets goes, and are available for exactly the utilis

• danmaz74 13y ago
  On the other hand, a taxibot would be working most of the time, while this system would be sitting idle most of the time. Not just sitting sitting idle, it would be weighting on the airplane while flying. EDIT: And this system, like the other one, would be just an alternative solution to the plane main engines, so if they were not working, not enough at peak hours, or not available at every airport, it wouldn't be such a big problem.
• snowwrestler 13y ago
  No they wouldn't, because planes could still taxi under engine power. If you land at an airport with taxibot, you get a taxibot. If not, just taxi as usual.