Pong Dragon Radial Engine.

[DesertFox4]

Step back in time. The genesis of the bump cowl.

Kitfox_Test_283 Pong Dragon Radial engine..jpg

[mscotter]

So what's the history? Whatever happened to that engine?

[beeryboats]

Very cool. Four cylinder??
Nope, now I see five...

[avidflyer]

Radials are always an uneven number of cylinders as far as I know. Wonder why this engine didn't work out? Jim Chuk

[HighWing]

Jim,
Your thinking was exactly where I was when I saw the pic. I went out and counted my bumps - 6 actualy 12. My guess was when the engine dropped out of consideration, the cowl was modified for aesthetics.

[avidflyer]

I really don't know why Kitfox stuck with the big round cowl. Most of my flying has been in Avid Flyers, and there is so much more room to see over the cowl with them. After I started to fly the Kitfox 1 this summer, I got to look around the cowl instead of over it...(sort of) I've always been more of a function over fashion type of guy. To each his own of course, but I have an Avid MK IV cowl that will go on the Kitfox 4 if/when I finish it. It looks a bit like the Kitfox smooth cowl from the side. JImChuk