Montana Coyote

Coyote
Role	Two-seat STOL utility aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Montana Coyote
First flight	1991

The Montana Coyote is an American single-engined two-seat STOL aircraft designed for home building by Montana Coyote Inc. of Helena, Montana.

Design and development

The Coyote is a high-wing strut-braced monoplane first flown in early 1991 and sold as kit for home building without an engine.^[1] With a steel tube fuselage and wooden wings it is designed to take an engine between 100 and 200 hp (74 to 149 kW) as long as it weighs less than 350lb (159kg).^[1] It has a fixed tailwheel type landing gear with a cabin for a pilot and passenger side-by-side, it is designed to land and take-off within 350 ft (107 m).^[1]

Specifications

Data from ^[1]Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1995-1996

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
• Wingspan: 38 ft 0 in (11.58 m)
• Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
• Wing area: 165.75 ft² (15.40 m²)
• Empty weight: 900 to 1050 lb (408 to 476 kg)
• Gross weight: 1850 lb (839 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × piston engine, 100 to 200 hp (74 to 149 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 120 mph (193 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 100 mph (161 km/h)
• Stall speed: 35 mph (57 km/h)
• Range: 500 miles (1804 km)
• Service ceiling: 15000 ft (4575 m)
• Rate of climb: 1250 ft/min (6.4 m/s)

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Jackson 1995, p. 609

Bibliography

• Paul Jackson, ed (1995). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1995-1996. Jane's Information Group Limited. ISBN ISBN 0 7106 1262 1.