I have been thinking about your plane for a while now and
I have a few questions.
It seems you well on your way to making a the
thrust required to lift the plane.
A while back I think you said the reaction control system
would use bleed air from the low speed fan.
If that is correct, I am sure you know that the pressure
is very low behind this fan and you will need to run at
least 2 inch pipe out to the wing tips in order to make
any kind of thrust. And when you do use the control system
its going to steel thrust from the lift fan and the plane will
drop.
The Rig requires 8 lbs of stuff just to keep it level.
I tested 40 psi bleed air system but it made very little thrust.
The work you have done is incredible, and I am not
taking away from it but a working Harrier is a big job.
Eddie Weeks
http://www.corpcomp.com/weeks1/