Pic of Kelly Wilsons Coyote

[Paul Taylor]

Looks good Kelly !!!

I like the boat.

[Phil Coopy]

Nice job Kelly....buy the way...where d'you hook the lines on that pickle fork in the backgtound?

Phil

[Kelly Wilson]

Phil,
That is the 1976 Miss US.  It is a 1/8 scale with a .67 MAC engine. It does run in circles and occasionally does loops.

Kelly

[john e. holliday]

Pityful to have such good looking models in such a neat, orderly climate.  What did you do move everything out of camera range(just kidding).  The models do look great.  DOC Holliday

[Kelly Wilson]

Doc,
The camera lies. What you can't see is the workbench out of camera view. I have parts of two airplanes and every tool I own scattered about. I need to take a day just to put everything in its place so I don't waste half my time looking for tools that are buried somewhere underneath.

Kelly

[Vince Mankowski]

More info please!! (more pictures too!) I am a fan of the Mathis Coyote & am just now building another. The photo looks great!
Coyotes look great in the air! Very long & lean..... if not the best, one of the very very best, cornoring non-flapped designs.

What motor / prop did you use and what tank. How did you mount the rank?

Vince

[Kelly Wilson]

Hey Vince,
The Coyote is just recently finished and haven't had a chance to fly it yet. I originally planned to use a Brodak 40 but, since they are on backorder so I fitted it with a Fox 35 (same bolt pattern). When checking the c/g I realized that the Fox was too light to balance w/o adding weight. Rather than add lead I refitted it for an OS Max 46LA w/stock muffler.  The slight tail heaviness was probably caused because I added two carbon fiber straps from the back edge of the wing to the tail section.

I have installed a Sullivan 4 oz slant tank set up with uniflo vents. I have had good luck mounting the plastic tanks with Plumber Goop and adjusting the height by rotating the plug/vents.The wing and tail section are covered in 20 year old orange monokote. The fuse is finished on automotive urethane. I haven't weighed it, but I suspect it is a little heavy since I used a foam wing.

Good luck on your Coyote. Lets see some pics

Kelly

[Vince Mankowski]

I keep carving balsa away .... I know there is a Coyote in there somewhere!!
Irvine 36 going in this one.  Received two sets of ribs form Lazer Works (great job!!) and cut out the fuselage & inboard doubler....assembled the stab/elevator with iron on hinges and cut the rudder Saturday evening. The Fuse is 1 1/4" shorter due to the somewhat tubby Irvine.
Next week end I will get to the inboard doubler & begin the wing assembly.
I had sent "Lazer Works" an AutoCad file of the Coyote rib and they did a fantastic job cutting my fifty ribs! I have enough for another Coyote (someday).
Built one of these when the plans came out (Flying Models) in '69 (I think) powered with an Enya 35 pb. Another foam wing kit assembled in 1998 powered by an OS 40-s. That one is still queen of the basement rafters and was very good at wide sweeping maneuvers (very heavy & not enough deflection).... it makes an EXCELLENT trainer! Pulls stoutly!
Another silk covered plans-version followed which was destroyed on the maiden flight when the lines snagged on take off (did I mention the condition my flying site condition! Which is why all my recent aircraft have oversized tires)

This summer I am going to drive from Missouri up to Omaha to fly a few that I will not attempt here. 1/2A types, a twin, AutoGyro etc.....The Orbiting Eagles have a great site in a city park!

[Mike Spiess]

Wow I like them ribs

[Kelly Wilson]

Vince,

Nice work. I shouldn't have been so lazy and gone the foam wing route. I built one right after the mag article with a conventional wing and loved it. I'll keep Lazer works in mind since I know now that he already has the pattern for the ribs. Isn't the Coyote wing very similar to the original Excaliber wing? Hummmmmmmm.

I would like to do the Excaliber later on. I like the original version over the ExcaliberII.

Be sure and send pics when you finish it.

Kelly