Tractor monoplane

Tractor monoplane
Tractor screw Tractor screw or Tractor propeller Tractor propeller (Aviation) A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an airplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push. Hence,

{Tractor monoplane},

{Tractor biplane}, etc. This is the most common arrangement for propellers on modern airplanes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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