List of pusher aircraft by configuration

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A pusher aircraft is a type of aircraft using propellers placed behind the engines and may be classified according to engine/propeller location and drive as well as the lifting surfaces layout (conventional or 3 surface, canard, joined wing, tailless and rotorcraft), Some aircraft have a Push-pull configuration with both tractor and pusher engines. The list includes these even if the pusher engine is just added to a conventional layout (engines inside the wings or above the wing for example).

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Conventional and three surface layouts

The conventional layout of an aircraft has wings ahead of the empennage.

Direct drive

Prop ahead of tail

Between booms or frames
Coaxially on rear fuselage
Nacelle above fuselage
Below tail boom
Above tailboom, behind fuselage

Propeller behind the tail

Lateral behind wing

Lateral nacelles

Engines and props behind the pilot

Remote drive

Propeller ahead of tail

Within airframe
Behind wing

Inside tail

Behind tail

Propeller above fuselage

Canard and tandem layouts

A canard is an aircraft with a smaller wing ahead of the main wing. A tandem layout has both front and rear wings of similar dimensions.

Direct drive

Remote engine mounting

Tailless aircraft, flying wings and closed wing

Tailless aircraft lack a horizontal stabilizer, flying wings lack a distinct fuselage, with crew, engines, and payload contained within the wing structure.

Rotorcraft

Push-pull aircraft

Sides of fuselage

Above fuselage

Extremities

On nose and between booms

On wings and between booms

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