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The Rans S-4 Coyote and Rans S-5 Coyote are a family of American single-engined, tractor configuration, single-seat, high-wing monoplanes designed by Randy Schlitter and manufactured by Aero-Max and later by Rans Inc. The Coyote was available in kit form for amateur construction as an ultralight aircraft or amateur-built aircraft.〔Downey, Julia: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 65. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851〕〔Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 238. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕〔Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003–04'', page 157. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X〕〔Taylor, John (ed): ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1984–1985'', page 711. Jane's Publishing Company, 1984. ISBN 0-7106-0801-2〕〔Taylor, John (ed): ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1986–1987'', pages 701-702. Jane's Publishing Company, 1986. ISBN 0-7106-0835-7〕〔Taylor, John (ed): ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1987–1988'', pages 698-699. Jane's Publishing Company, 1987. ISBN 0-7106-0850-0〕〔Taylor, John (ed): ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988–1989'', pages 592-594. Jane's Publishing Company, 1988. ISBN 0-7106-0867-5〕 Production of both designs was completed on 1 June 2006 after having been available for 23 years. ==Design and development== The Coyote single seat was designed by Randy Schlitter in 1982, as a result of his dissatisfaction with existing ultralight designs at the time. Construction of the first S-2 Coyote prototype was started in November 1982, with the first flight following in March 1983.〔 Originally the design was to be manufactured by a new company Aero-Max, which was a partnership between Schlitter and a friend of his. The partnership failed over financial issues and kit manufacturing was passed to Schlitter's company, Rans, which was at that time building sailtrikes.〔 Both models of the family feature a welded 4130 steel tube cockpit, with a bolted aluminum tube rear fuselage, wing and tail surfaces all covered in pre-sewn Dacron envelopes, which shorten construction time. The reported construction time is 211 man-hours.〔〔 The Coyote S-4 has conventional landing gear, while the S-5 has tricycle gear. Both can be equipped with floats and skis. The original basic engine was the Rotax 277 of , with the Rotax 447 of and the Rotax 503 of available later as options.〔〔 The Coyote II two-seater was later developed from the S-5.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rans S-4 Coyote」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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