Do all of these designs use vectored thrust from the main engine?
From Nasa Glenn image archive, P.112
This drawing, on account of the "haze" used to show the exhaust, makes it look like it's heated. It doesn't look like there's room for lift jets, and it lines up with the air intakes, and lift jets were, by this point, looked down upon for VTOL, particularly here in the vector-thrust mad UK.
Additionally, I've been reading this (
http://www.hitechweb.genezis.eu/stealth4f.htm) with google translate, and it makes mention of potential stealth versions of these aircraft: "While the first, conventional, was presented to the public, the stealth version was presented only to the British Ministry of Defence. It mainly concerned the ASTOVL designs, specifically the P.112, P.115, P.116 and P.1230 types, but also many others."
Can anyone confirm if this is true, or provide any images of such designs?
Many thanks, Prophet.
Addendum: It seems as though, in the same article as linked above, that the P.125 used "RULS" (Remote Unaugmented Lift System). This could explain the heat haze.