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It is RaYski, not RaJski. And he seems to have had an obsession with puny engines.

Forget about the PZL 38 - it was technically impossible. It was to be powered by air-cooled inlines - the mythical "Foka" - capable of delivering the specified power at intended weight only if made of mithril or other such metal. In order to have a twin engined heavy fighter/fghter bomber in...

Oh, the Mors engine. Another Polish never were. Countries with much stronger industrial and academic bases could not develop engines from more or less scratch. The GR14N is too late - the 14K must do. The Romanians (and some other license buyers) squeezed out just over 1000HP out of it, that'll...

I take that by GH you mean GR? If yes - I agree. Buying a license for the "K" family in 1929 to be followed by a GR14K monoculture from 1932 onward. The PZL 37 - regardless of how technically good it was - was a waste of money. Poland could not build enough of them nor provide the airfields...