So, fun fact: Airplanes put the propellers in front so they have first access to relatively smooth airflow. If you put them in the back, interference from the airstream flowing over the wings and body causes all kinds of intermittent pockets of pressure, i.e. you get an incredibly bumpy ride. Whereas jet engines get around this problem by compressing the intake air before feeding it into the main turbine.
If this turkey could even get off the ground, the pilot would be driven mad by the turbulence.
So, fun fact: Airplanes put the propellers in front so they have first access to relatively smooth airflow. If you put them in the back, interference from the airstream flowing over the wings and body causes all kinds of intermittent pockets of pressure, i.e. you get an incredibly bumpy ride. Whereas jet engines get around this problem by compressing the intake air before feeding it into the main turbine.
If this turkey could even get off the ground, the pilot would be driven mad by the turbulence.
Eh? There have been tons of pusher configuration aircraft, and they can work quite well.
They've got plenty of disadvantages vs tractor, but impossibly bumpy drive-mad ride isn't one of them on decent designs. An old disadvantage in military aircraft for example would be that with guns the cartridges could get ingested, though caseless rocket pods wouldn't have this issue.
I agree this looks like a silly turkey of a design and rule of cool, but not because it's a pusher config.
So, fun fact: Airplanes put the propellers in front so they have first access to relatively smooth airflow. If you put them in the back, interference from the airstream flowing over the wings and body causes all kinds of intermittent pockets of pressure, i.e. you get an incredibly bumpy ride. Whereas jet engines get around this problem by compressing the intake air before feeding it into the main turbine.
If this turkey could even get off the ground, the pilot would be driven mad by the turbulence.
