Mmmnah, ugly plane plus ugly transformation doesn't just add, it multiplies. The main reason the L-133 project stalled out was the USAAC was skeptical about how useful jet propulsion would actually be, but in this setting it's well proven by the surviving kloggs, it's just the ability to make a reliable one with the available tools/materials/knowlege that's the problem. Even the VP-38 is actually a turboprop hybrid, with small turbines replacing the OTL oil coolers in the booms/at the knees.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows