The Bowhead should have already been able to lift off from a 4g planet. I have increased it's vertical thrust from 48 m/s to 53 m/s. I also increased the vertical lift on the Condor to 56 m/s and tested both on a 4g planet. The updated blueprints are in the workshop.
As for the HV's, have you tried the point defense pods in my workshop?
They will need docking pads on the bottom to dock with a CV but they may do the trick.
(The pads are currently on the rear so they can dock with the Pelican.)

Mister Shark...

Thank you for the Bowhead, I have used it in almost every game. I have added abilities including better lift and armament, teleport and shields. I never use CPU on my server. Is it possible to make the the Bowhead or Condor into hostel take over ships in hi G unfriendly environments with support defensive HV's. setting down and potentially owning its small battle space.

any advice will be gratefully appreciated.

I reset the privacy settings - thanks for pointing that out. =)

If I can find it...
Your profile is private so I am searching recent additions in the workshop to find it.

Thank you, I will check it out (and maybe steal a few ideas from it). :)

Just uploaded a Barracuda variant to the workshop. Check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks for designing that ship - I thought you did a great job with it.