Drone propulsion, sourced to order: motors, ESCs, engines and cells
Propulsion for an uncrewed aircraft is a motor or an engine, the controller or the fuel system that drives it, the propeller, and the power behind it. Gatewell USA quotes each to order. Complete units come through the maker's dealer channel. Cells and the power electronics around them come from authorized US distributors on the power page of the line card.
Electric propulsion
Brushless motors and electronic speed controllers from Plettenberg, KDE Direct, Hacker, Castle Creations and MGM Compro, quoted with the propeller and the battery interface you state.
Combustion propulsion
Engines and EFI from Hirth, 3W, Desert Aircraft, Sky Power and Currawong, with the generator and the propeller on the same quote. The Group 3 engines page states how an engine is quoted.
Servos
Flight control servos from Volz, Hitec, Futaba and Savox, quoted by torque, speed, voltage, interface and the environmental rating you state.
Cells and power electronics
Lithium-ion cells are sourced to order and shipped as dangerous goods under the carrier's lithium battery rules. Battery management, current sensing, DC-DC conversion, MOSFETs and gate drivers, motor drivers and EMI and protection parts are on the power page, each with its maker, its package and the maker's headquarters country.
Questions
Which motors and ESCs can you quote?
Plettenberg, KDE Direct, Hacker, Castle Creations and MGM Compro, to order through each maker's dealer channel.
Do you stock motors, ESCs or cells?
No. Motors and ESCs are bought to order against a cleared deposit. Cells are sourced to order and shipped as dangerous goods under the carrier's lithium battery rules.
Can you quote the motor, the ESC and the propeller together?
Yes, as one list, with the battery interface you state.
Which cells are on the line card?
The power page lists the cells by maker and part number, with the package and the maker's headquarters country. Molicel and Amprius cells are among them.
Is the propulsion NDAA-compliant?
Every maker on the systems page and the line card passes the maker rule on the NDAA page. The country of origin of each lot is stated on the commercial invoice.
What do you need to quote a propulsion set?
The airframe class, the mission, and the requirement list with the motor or engine, the controller or EFI, the propeller and the battery interface or fuel system on it. We reply within two working days, with a quote or with the questions we need answered first.
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Related
- Questions buyers ask before the first order
- NDAA-compliant drone components: the rule, the makers and the paperwork
- Blue UAS Framework components, and the parts around them
- Group 3 UAS engines, sourced to order with the EFI, the generator and the propeller
- The line card by subsystem
- Systems sourced to order
- Applications
- Compliance