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{{Short description|Air- or watercraft design in which the propulsion device is behind the engine}} [[File:First flight2.jpg|thumb|300px|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 [[Aircraft|air-]] or [[watercraft]] with [[propulsion]] device(s) after the [[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|aerostats]] ([[airship]]) or [[Heavier-than-air aircraft|aerodynes]] (aircraft, [[Ground effect vehicle|WIG]], [[paramotor]], [[rotorcraft]]) or others types such as [[hovercraft]], [[airboat|airboats]], and propeller-driven [[snowmobile]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title= Propeller-Driven Sleighs|publisher= The Museum of RetroTechnology|url=http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/propsleigh/propsleigh.htm|access-date= 10 September 2008|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110710222219/http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/propsleigh/propsleigh.htm|archive-date= 10 July 2011}}</ref>
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