Group 3 UAS engines, sourced to order with the EFI, the generator and the propeller
A Group 3 airframe needs an engine, its fuel injection, the generator it drives and the propeller it swings. The four are easier to buy as one list than as four orders. Gatewell USA quotes them that way, to order, through each maker's dealer channel. Nothing is stocked.
Makers
Engines and electronic fuel injection from Hirth, 3W, Desert Aircraft, Sky Power and Currawong. Engine driven generators and power management units are matched to the engine on the same quote.
What a quote states
The maker, the model, the configuration and the delivery route. Every unit is classified before a quote is issued. Lead time follows the maker's dealer channel and is stated on the quote. Where a maker sells only through appointed dealers, the quote names the route.
How to ask
Send the airframe class, the mission and the requirement list on the request page. We reply within two working days, with a quote or with the questions we need answered first. A system is bought only after the buyer's deposit has cleared. Delivery is to the premises named in the end-user statement.
The rest of the airframe
Servos, radios and companion computers are on the systems page. Motors and ESCs for electric aircraft are on the drone propulsion page. The flight computer silicon, the navigation stack, the datalink and RF chain, the power electronics and the connectors are on the line card by subsystem.
Questions
Who supplies Group 3 UAS engines in the United States?
Gatewell USA quotes engines and EFI from Hirth, 3W, Desert Aircraft, Sky Power and Currawong to order through each maker's dealer channel, from Los Angeles.
Can I buy a Hirth or 3W engine through you?
Yes, to order. Where a maker sells only through appointed dealers, the quote names the route and the lead time follows it.
Do you stock engines?
No. Nothing on the systems page is stocked. Each unit is bought against a cleared deposit for a named end user.
Can the engine, EFI, generator and propeller come on one quote?
Yes. They go on one requirement list and come back on one quote, each line classified on its own.
Do you supply electric propulsion as well?
Yes. Motors and ESCs from Plettenberg, KDE Direct, Hacker, Castle Creations and MGM Compro are on the drone propulsion page.
Is an engine from these makers NDAA-compliant?
Every maker on the systems page passes the maker rule on the NDAA page. The country of origin of the unit is read from the seller's record and stated on the commercial invoice.
Can a whole Group 3 airframe be quoted as one list?
Yes. The engine, the EFI, the generator, the propeller, the servos, the radio and the companion computer go on one requirement list and come back on one quote.
Build a request list We reply within two working days, with a quote or with the questions we need answered first.
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
- Drone propulsion, sourced to order: motors, ESCs, engines and cells
- The line card by subsystem
- Systems sourced to order
- Applications
- Compliance