VTOL and STOVL Designs

[The Big Gimper]

General Dynamics E7 / 218V:

[elmayerle]

E-7 was a nice try, but as this, the XFV-12A, and the XV-4A proved, ejector nozzles just don't work at full scale.  XV-4A was reworked as the XV-4B with a battery of J85 lift engines instead of the ejector system and the XFV-12A never flew vertically under its own power (not sure if it ever flew under its own power(.

[The Big Gimper]

For those with an account on Secret Projects, there is a thread on the E family of designs here. 

[GTX_Admin]

Speaking of VTL designs, here's a cool image of an operational XFV-1 'Pogo':



CFBV

[GTX_Admin]

And a fuller version of the earlier one:




CFBV

[GTX_Admin]

Must fix up the images above.  Anyway, for now some P.1154s:

[apophenia]

Love those single-seat P.1154s    Like Harriers with a growth hormone imbalance 

[raafif]

back to Pogo-ing ...

[raafif]

Might be able to use the Lindberg Pogo kit to do something like these ...