Pusher configuration
The 1903 Wright Flyer and many other early powered airplanes had pusher propellers.
The Convair B-36 “Peacemaker”, an aircraft with a pusher configuration.
The Schienenzeppelin of 1929 is a rail vehicle with a pusher propeller.
The pusher configuration (from English pusher configuration , "thrust arrangement, pressure arrangement") designates a drive design in which the propellers are to be found behind the engine. This can be the case with all means of transport that are operated with propellers ( aircraft , hovercraft , airships , rail zeppelin, etc.). Vehicles equipped with a pusher configuration are also referred to as pushers . If the propeller is attached in such a way that it "pushes", it is referred to as a pusher propeller .
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