Drone towing
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Gear Guide,  Technology

Design Insight: Towing by Drone

Drone towing is being developed in China. Jeroen Dekkers has been on a year-long journey to learn how to do it

7 September, 2026, by Jeroen Dekkers | Photos: Jeroen Dekkers

Is towing by drone feasible? The idea is appealing: no need for a long field, no hassle with cables, always into wind, and the ability to release the pilot exactly where they want. Over the last year I have been on a journey to discover how the technology is developing. I visited China, learned to fly drones and I was even towed into the air beneath my own paraglider. This is the story of those last 12 months.

July 2025

An Instagram reel caught my attention: a paraglider being towed into the air by a drone....

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