The SB>1 Defiant has not one but two rotors on top, and in the rear, a pusher propeller designed to give it high-speed flight. Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, where he's worked since ...
The B36 Peacemaker, the first intercontinental nuclear bomber, had a strikingly unusual design: massive propellers mounted on the rear of the aircraft, facing backward. This “pusher” configuration is ...
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