That's impressive, and someone's thought of it.

I was thinking of something with the wing mounted independently of the engines and right behind them.

They would be mounted about 2/3rds of the way down the thrust so that when they were tilted about half the jet flow or prop thrust was directed at the underside of the tilted wing and about half would go over the top.

Now asymetric lift would be an issue. As are many others, I'm sure. It was just a thought as I was driving through the desert the other day.

Nice find, by the way. Very interesting. At first glance I thought it must be the ,a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_XFY">little thing with the counter-rotating props.