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Originally Posted by Dean
Yeah, I know VTOL was a design requirment, that's why I mentioned iot. I just couldn't remermber if the seperate lift fan design was the one that won the contract or not. There is actually a really good Discovery channel show on the design competition.
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Actually, I don't know which one they selected (if they've even got that far). But my money's on the Boeing design that's sans the ducted fan and associated driveshaft/clutch... that's just too many bits to break. Stick w/ what works... the design similar to the Harrier w/ the forward nozzles.