A tractor propeller blows on its engine; a pusher doesn’t, and pushers are hard to cool on the ground. Prop clearance can be an issue during rotation. Another problem is foreign object damage.

The tractor propeller, in addition to offering better engine and propeller efficiency, had the added benefit of giving novice pilots an effective attitude reference - something that most open-frame ...

The Bold, Bulbous Douglas Cloudster II This unconventional 1940s twin-powerplant, pusher-propeller GA aircraft design featured a large forward fuselage, room for five, and white wall tires.

Besides the obvious changes with the tractor propeller setup, the X3 features a drag-reducing rotor head fairing, something Eurocopter and Sikorsky found critical to eking out every last knot.

Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) drones typically have four horizontal propellers for moving up and down, along with a vertical rear "pusher" prop for moving forward in more efficient fixed ...

All new pusher propeller installations, such as the aft propeller on the Adam A500, must ingest airframe ice shed during an inadvertent icing encounter without causing a hazardous condition.

Sikorsky’s exotic S-97 coaxial rotor and pusher-prop scout and light attack helicopter took to the air for the first time Friday. Although the marketability of the S-97, a descendant of the X-2 ...

Sikorsky Aircraft achieved a major milestone in its X2 technology demonstrator programme by successfully ground testing the aircraft with the pusher propeller installed and spinning for the first time ...