A viewer argues that Polish fighter projects could approach contemporary airframe performance but were held back by engine supply. Hispano engines lacked sufficient power, British engines were unavailable or too expensive to license, and American engines were also difficult to obtain. Potential suppliers may have expected Germany or the Soviet Union to invade Poland and feared that transferred technology would then be captured. Export policy and strategic risk were part of the aircraft-development problem alongside design and industrial capacity.
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Engine access constrained Polish fighter development
Polish fighter projects faced weaker engines and foreign reluctance to license technology that might later be captured by Germany or the Soviet Union.