Step one: does the Robotow fit your airplane?
Before you buy anywhere, check your airplane. The Robotow clips onto the nose gear with an adapter made for your family of nose gear, and the adapter decides which frame you need. Find your airplane on the Robotow fit list: it gives the answer in plain words and names the adapter and frame your airplane takes.
The fit list covers 87 airplanes. 57 fit, 21 say "confirm with us," and 9 do not fit. A few things to know before you look:
- Three frames. The standard frame weighs 23.5 lb without the battery. The Pro frame weighs 27.25 lb, folds and has a carry handle; every airplane that fits the standard frame also fits the Pro. The SF, the short frame, is for the airplanes that need it, such as the Glasair.
- The nose pant comes off. The drive drum has to touch the nose tire, so the Robotow does not fit with a pant or fairing on the nose wheel.
- "Confirm with us" means we look first. Send two photos of your nose gear, front and side, and we will tell you straight.
- Some airplanes do not fit. The Cirrus SR20, SR22 and SR22T, the Piper Arrow, the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan and taildraggers are on that list, and the fit list says why.
Write down the adapter name, its part number and the frame. That is the whole order, wherever you place it, including at Aircraft Spruce.
What are the two ways to buy a Robotow?
There are two easy ways to buy a Robotow 2.0, and both start from the same fit answer.
- Direct from Aircraft Dynamics at robotow.com. The Robotow 2.0 kit page asks for your airplane first, then shows the kit it takes: the frame, a Milwaukee M18 battery, the charger and your adapter.
- From Aircraft Spruce & Specialty, an authorized Robotow dealer. Aircraft Spruce lists the Robotow 2.0 one airframe family at a time, each page already bundled with the right adapter for that airplane: a Cessna 150/172/182/206/310 kit, a Piper Apache/Aztec/Comanche/Navajo/Twin Comanche kit, a Beech Baron/Bonanza/Debonair/Duke/Travel Air/T34 kit, and separate pages for the T28 Trainer, Airglas, Lancair, Navion, Commander 112/114, Glasair and Cirrus Vision SF50, plus the Dolly Wheel 2.0 on its own. Canadian pilots can order the same kits through aircraftspruce.ca.
If your airplane's page is not obvious from the list above, use Aircraft Spruce's own site search for "Robotow" or call them.
Each seller's own shipping and return terms apply to the orders it takes, so read them before you order: the robotow.com refund policy, or Aircraft Spruce's return policy.
Why is buying from Aircraft Spruce easy?
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. traces back to 1965, when Bob and Flo Irwin, who had already built and sold one aviation parts business in Fullerton, California, started a new one selling a single product: aircraft-grade spruce lumber. The catalog grew from there, the company took the name Aircraft Spruce & Specialty, and staff grew from two people in 1965 to more than 300 today. The company has been headquartered in Corona, California since 1997, with other locations across the U.S., in Palmer, Alaska, and in Brantford, Ontario for Canadian orders.
What makes ordering simple, from Aircraft Spruce's own site:
- Order by phone. The toll-free order line is 877-477-7823.
- Questions by phone or email. Customer service is 800-861-3192, staffed weekdays 5:00am to 4:00pm Pacific and Saturdays 7:00am to 3:30pm Pacific. Email goes to info@aircraftspruce.com.
- Returns. An Aircraft Spruce order follows Aircraft Spruce's own return policy; read it before you order.
If you already buy your parts, tools or pilot supplies from Aircraft Spruce, the Robotow is one more line on the same order.
What does Aircraft Spruce carry?
Aircraft Spruce lists the Robotow 2.0 as a set of airframe-specific kits rather than one generic page: a Cessna kit, a Piper kit, a Beech kit, a T28 Trainer kit, an Airglas Pro kit, a Cirrus Vision SF50 Pro kit, a Lancair Pro kit, a Navion Pro kit, a Commander 112/114 Pro kit, a Glasair SF kit, and more, each one bundled with the adapter that airframe needs. The Dolly Wheel 2.0 is listed separately as an add-on.
A numbers note: the current weight figures from Aircraft Dynamics are 23.5 lb for the standard frame, 27.25 lb for the Pro frame and 13.55 lb for the Dolly Wheel 2.0, all without the battery. They are on our Robotow 2.0 specifications page.
What about the warranty and the return policy?
The Robotow 2.0 carries a one-year limited warranty on the unit itself, wherever you bought it.
Aircraft Spruce's own return policy is separate from that warranty, and it is the one that governs an order placed with them. Read it on their site before you order.
Which kit should you choose?
Start from the fit list, then pick the frame and the battery.
- Standard or Pro. If your airplane fits the standard frame, the Pro fits it too. The standard is the lighter frame, with a straight T-handle. The Pro folds and has a carry handle.
- SF. If the fit list names the short frame, that is the only frame for your airplane, which is why Aircraft Spruce lists it as its own kit for airframes like the Glasair.
- 5Ah or 8Ah. Both are Milwaukee M18 packs; the choice is how far you go on one charge. In one Aircraft Dynamics test, a Cessna 172N went about 2,000 feet on one 5Ah battery on a flat taxiway, in Roanoke, Texas, in May 2026. If you own M18 tools, the packs you already have fit.
Whichever store you use, the questions about your airplane come to us. The Robotow contact page has the phone number and the photo form.