>>63891522I was talking about the twin Mustang, Oratex or carbon fiber could possibly replace the skin.
And hell yes a Po-2 needs a better skin, bakelite is an improvement in how flammable their skins are. 'Flying comet' was a nickname and not in a good way.
Besides modernizing materials and some modest avionics upgrades the big change for the Po-2M would be making everything rear of the pilot modular so it could be reconfigured for various roles, they had several dozen variants including 5 person enclosed passenger versions.
>>63891540Absolutely nothing, as i've pointed out a Il-28/H-5 could function perfectly well a a carrier for something like a Kinzal.
>drone fightersOne of the reasons the DPRK has so many early cold war fighters functioning is they can make the engines, the same engines were used for early cruise missiles and drones. They use freaking VK1s in their global hawk knock off. What you suggest, turning old frames into drones is entirely possible and has been done.