The BAE form specifies the use you are allowed to make of the material. Unfortunately it does not allow a license that can be passed on. I did it with the help of the Harrier design office, now sadly no more, who were very supportive. The P1219 image is not great quality so doubt more could be made of it. It was not a significant project in any case.
Thanks again for the clarification. If the BAE route proves abortive I may take the time-honoured but also time-consuming route of creating my own original graphics for both, though I feel it healthier to promote the original where possible.
Thanks for the reply, although it's disappointing. The airplane does appear unbalanced in the VTOL mode - perhaps the center nozzle was planned to rotate to blow up rather than down. Seriously though, I think that the airplane would be nose-heavy in wingborne flight also - the aerodynamic and powered centers of lift look like they'd be in about the same place.
Which I quite likely can't.
Thanks, I have a P1216 kit to build, I also have a P1214. I'm looking forward to reading about what info you have found.
Glad it got there. Always a mystery how the mail going near takes longer than going far! In 1919 it only took 16 hours to get mail across an ocean....
Had this project reached production, I suspect that the enlarged booms would have become standard - not just for fuel, the noses would also have been a convenient place for installing sensors and designators without using up a pylon.
They were designed to be adaptable to various roles.
That and the GA in Tony Buttler's book is all there is. It was a 'quick look', rejected and then used just for PR.
I don't remember the exact story, but I remember reading it in Analog, ISTR that the hero was named Chop Fuey Rider. Yeah, that was an amusing concept and story.
If it retracted centrally it would get in the way of the engine intake duct. Always a difficulty with belly intakes.
