S-6S Builder's Log

Welcome to my RANS S-6S Super Coyote builder's log. The Coyote is a side-by-side, two place experimental aircraft kit manufactured by RANS Designs in Hays, KS. With cruise speeds of up to 120 mph and enough cargo room to pack a weekend's worth of camping gear, the S-6S is the perfect back-country, go anywhere, kitplane!

With this page, you may follow along with the building process of my S-6. This page is updated anytime I make a little progress on the plane. For more information on this airplane, or any other cool RANS airplane, visit the factory RANS website or the RANS CLAN website.
 

RECENT UPDATES
	31 Aug 10	Oil door con't.
	24 Aug 10	Making my own oil access door.
	22 Aug 10	Final fit of the cowl.
	05 Aug 10	Blue on rudder. Right wheel pant temp installed.
	04 Aug 10	Red on rudder, gap seal, and rivets
	03 Aug 10	Spinner, rudder, and elevator painted white.
	02 Aug 10	Spinner cut out.
	01 Aug 10	Red paint on wheel pants. They are done.
	16 Jul 10	Blue stripe on wheel pant
	09 Jul 10	Wheel pant halves joined.
	08 Jul 10	Final white paint on wheel pants.
	07 Jul 10	Left door.
	30 Jun 10	Primed wheel pants. Masked left door for primer.
	22 Jun 10	Wheel pants. Fairings.
	20 Jun 10	Glareshield. Water pump. Wheel pant bracket.
	12 Jun 10	Recovered right elevator.
	20 May 10	Finished Glareshield. Fiberglassed the left gear leg fairing.
	17 May 10	Wheelpant bracket and fairings.
	8 May 10	Mounted the cowl.
	1 May 10	Wheel pant fairing (third time's a charm!)
	24 Apr 10	Wheel pant fairing
	18 Apr 10	Wheel pant fiberglass
	14 Apr 10	Fiberglass and resin!
	11 Apr 10	Battery wire and Fuel drain.
	07 Apr 10	Leg fairings, prop, glareshield, coolant.
	05 Apr 10	Moutned Left and Right wheelpants.
	03 Apr 10	GPS ON/OFF switch
	27 Mar 10	GPS ON/OFF switch bellcrank
	23 Mar 10	Mounted the panel dock...finally!
	21 Mar 10	Wheel pants
	11 Mar 10	Wheel pants
	21 Feb 10	Electric elevator trim servo.
	21 Feb 10	Fabricated a panel support bracket.
	17 Feb 10	More electric trim.
	15 Feb 10	Bottom coolant hose.
	11 Feb 10	Wiring, transponder, and glareshield.
	10 Feb 10	22,000 uf capacitor. Transponder wiring.
	09 Feb 10	Electric elevator trim
	19 Jan 10	Encoder Module. Painted glareshield rivets black.
	18 Jan 10	Glareshield and coolant overflow bottle.
	15 Jan 10	Painted the panel and inspection hole covers.
	14 Jan 10	Wire bundled. 12V Receptacle. Horiz tail and trim cable.
	09 Jan 10	Installed EGT probes and bundled wire.
	08 Jan 10	Safety wire on throttle cables.
	07 Jan 10	Powered up the radio (it works!) and the EFIS.
	05 Jan 10	Fuel flow sensor. Master solenoid.
	03 Jan 10	IGN wire, EFIS harness, PTT switches
	18 Dec 09	Connected the throttle cables to the carbs
	17 Dec 09	Throttle and choke routing.