pusher propeller
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pusher propeller
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Unlike most helicopters, Sikorsky’s bid uses two counter-rotating coaxial main rotors and a pusher propeller that the company says will allow for quicker acceleration and deceleration.
From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2022
The company is working on an advanced hybrid design capable of vertical takeoff and highway driving using electric motors powered by batteries, along with a piston engine turning a pusher propeller during forward flight.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2014
One of these, Terrafugia of Woburn, Mass., has flown a prototype with self-folding wings and a pusher propeller nestled between two tail booms.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2014
Streamlined into its tail is a 600-h. p. in-line motor which drives a four-bladed "pusher" propeller.
From Time Magazine Archive
The engine is mounted aft, driving a four-bladed pusher propeller, with the petrol tanks situated in front feeding the carburettors by gravity.
From British Airships, Past, Present, and Future by Whale, George
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