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Originally Posted by Dean
Sorry, Complexity won out, and the Lockheed lift fan won.
One of the primary reasons was it has better resistance to heat soak. (The engine injesting its's own hot exhaust and losing thrust) This is one of the Harrier's biggest problems. Losing thrust in close proximity to the ground in VTOL configuration.
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Wow... I figured the dorsal intake would prevent the hot air injestion issue, and that the front nozzles would be cool air anyway.
'Course, I also thought the YF-23 would be picked over the YF-22.