Wait, what are you calling a Bobcat here? Searching for the name just gave me a twin engine Cessna that was used as a trainer during the period, which was what prompted me to mention the "no transforming mecha trainers" thing. Did you mean the Wildcat?
What you're describing with the engine on a swing and the head between it and the cockpit is pretty much just what I did with the VFW-190 Würger by the way, (V for ?"Vielgestaltig/multiform," or maybe U for "Umerziehung/transforming") though that one was intentionally designed to have a kind of beastial hunchbacked appearance both because it's a villain mecha that's also a mook suit and not likely to be desireable as a salvaged/captured ride for a hero later, and as the first variable mecha to be deployed on a wide basis (by anyone on earth) it's not as polished as, say, the Shinden or the Schwalbe.
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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
What you're describing with the engine on a swing and the head between it and the cockpit is pretty much just what I did with the VFW-190 Würger by the way, (V for ?"Vielgestaltig/multiform," or maybe U for "Umerziehung/transforming") though that one was intentionally designed to have a kind of beastial hunchbacked appearance both because it's a villain mecha that's also a mook suit and not likely to be desireable as a salvaged/captured ride for a hero later, and as the first variable mecha to be deployed on a wide basis (by anyone on earth) it's not as polished as, say, the Shinden or the Schwalbe.
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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