Rans S-6ES Coyote II
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The S-6ES Coyote II is Rans' side-by-side two-seat high-wing kit with the extended-span wing, a steel-tube fuselage and fabric covering, offered as a taildragger or trike. Rans' sheet with a 100 hp Rotax 912 ULS gives 110 mph cruise, a 36 mph flapped stall, 210 ft of ground roll, 1,250 fpm and 396 miles on 18 gallons, with 645 lb useful on 1,320 lb.
The Coyote II is one of the most-built kits in the class and the register shows why: cheap to build, cheap to run on a Rotax at five gallons an hour, and docile. The wing matters when buying - the extended-span ES is the slower, better-climbing wing and the S-6S sport wing the faster one, and ads are loose with the names, so read the data plate. Rans also sold it factory-built as an S-LSA, so an example may be an LSA maintained under LSA rules or an amateur-built one whose builder chose engine, gear and panel; the published figures describe the factory configuration and the individual aircraft's weight-and-balance governs. Early examples carry two-stroke Rotax 582s, which are a different ownership proposition from the 912. Parts and factory support are current.
Variants of the Rans S-6 Coyote II
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 912 ULS (912 UL 80 hp also listed) |
| Horsepower | 100 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 96 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 344 nm |
| Service ceiling | 16,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,250 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 31 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 645 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,320 lb |
| Empty weight | 675 lb |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 5 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $40,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $60,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 407 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 291 |
| Median year built | 2007 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 12 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 2 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 41.241 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 37.82 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 62 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 21.313 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 291 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 291 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 291 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 4.8 of 101 |
| Severity | 4.2 of 102 |
| Access | 7.8 of 103 |
| Support | 8.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 5.8 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 31.1 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30