Pusher configuration

The Wright Flyer, a “pusher” aircraft designed in 1903

In aeronautical and naval engineering, pusher configuration is the term used to describe a drivetrain of air- or watercraft with its propulsion device(s) after its engine(s). This is in contrast to the more conventional tractor configuration, which places them in front.

Though the term is most commonly applied to aircraft, its most ubiquitous propeller example is a common outboard motor for a small boat.

“Pusher configuration” describes the specific (propeller or ducted fan) thrust device attached to a craft, either aerostat (airship) or aerodyne (aircraft, WIG, paramotor, rotorcraft) or others types such as hovercraft, airboat and propeller-driven snowmobiles.[1]

  1. ^ "Propeller-Driven Sleighs". The Museum of RetroTechnology. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2008.