Picking up a New Plane | Cross Country to PEI

Picking up a New Plane | Cross Country to PEI | Part 1

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5 жыл бұрын

Chris bought a Rans S6 Coyote and he asked me to ferry it home for him. The trip is about 450 miles starting in Quebec and ending in PEI. I made it half way on the first day before the wind and thermals became too much. Fortunately, the half way mark is right in Woodstock where I live so I didn't get stranded away from home.
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Rans S6 Coyote
Rotax 582 with a 2 blade Warp Drive prop at 13.5° of pitch
Cruise: 85-90 MPH
Stall: 40 with the flaps up
Fuel capacity: 18.5 US gallons
Fuel burn: about 4.5 gallons per hour

Пікірлер: 102

@Georgewrigley 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome what an adventure. Great footage and cool looking plane ✈️👍👍😎

@thoonth 4 жыл бұрын

I liked this plane. Visuals in flight were amazing..

@abc123xyz7 4 жыл бұрын

That's cool flying a plane !

@moggyman6413 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt, I really enjoyed watching.

@mmatt 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! :-)

@MrPetrvershinin 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoy all your videos, it’s sincerely ...

@smokster0604 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome cool I always loose a pair of shades from my boat.....love flight

@rimgaudaskerpauskas221 3 жыл бұрын

I have the same, but one of the first number. Made in 1990. Rotax 582. Still flying and enjoyng. Best whishes from Lithuania to pilote and new owner.

@tedwilliams9556 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video !!

@stevebroomfield4000 5 жыл бұрын

A good transit video, I enjoyed it. I’ve been interested in the Rans for a while so it was good to hear your experience. Sorry about the shades.

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

Ya, me too... they were great sunglasses and I can't find another pair quite the same. :-(

@saulalemao6238 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video a hug from Portugal

@brianballard1729 3 жыл бұрын

Best wishes from FarNorthQueensland, Australia

@hongshi8251 5 жыл бұрын

Nice aircraft!

@thecasualgamer2781 4 жыл бұрын

i remember you talking about how a photo ignited your passion for ultralights, your videos are doing the same for me :) Hello from scotland

@mmatt 4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear it! I hope you are able to get in the air soon! :-)

@thecasualgamer2781 4 жыл бұрын

@@mmatt hopefully! love the videos, currently watching your video about the 3 blade prop on the beaver :)

@edwinkania5286 5 жыл бұрын

Nice plane! You have the most serious look when your looking at the gauges. I wonder if I have the same look when I am flying?

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

LOL! Ya, I noticed that too. I must have forgot I was on camera.

@FLY--wy2yi 6 ай бұрын

Hey Matt, really enjoying some of your older videos! I’ve been doing a lot of arm chair flying because the weather is definitely not good for flying. It’s January 13th, 2024 and we all have some serious cold weather coming here on the East Coast! Fly safe Matt!

@mmatt 6 ай бұрын

It's no good here either, Flight Sim, here I come! lol!

@FLY--wy2yi 6 ай бұрын

@@mmatt, likewise!

@Reuben- 5 жыл бұрын

👍 awesome video. Audio was just like being there, minus the clamping pressure from my headset.

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha! Glad you enjoyed it!

@challenger2ultralightadventure 5 жыл бұрын

Nice plane. I would convert it to a tail dragger, and put nice big fat tundra tires on it. Great for some back country fun!

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

I agree! :-)

@ChrisErhardt 5 жыл бұрын

@@mmatt Nope, this one will stay on wheels and land on paved, long runways only ;-)

@doernmacdonald7444 Жыл бұрын

So how many sun glasses and phones have you lost falling out of a plane? and did you ever find any of them? lol

@mmatt Жыл бұрын

No phones but 1 pair of sunglasses so far and a camera... oops! Never found them.

@oneandone2744 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool. I like that it's not another "tail dragger".

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. It definitely looks better sitting on the nose when there's no one in it but it comes at the drastic cost of visibility out the front. You just can't beat the view from a pusher configured aircraft.

@doranjaffas7351 3 жыл бұрын

My Tailwind W8 had the same thing with the control stick. Fix??? ... I installed a different stick system.

@gregorygig1495 3 жыл бұрын

Is the app in your phone for navigation? Nice aircraft Man

@tilapelletier6123 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Matt, great video. I trained in the S6 and love the plane. This one is for sale again in PEI, do you know why it is selling again already?

@mmatt 4 жыл бұрын

He is moving across the country and can't take it with him.

@tilapelletier6123 4 жыл бұрын

that makes sense. I live in BC and it would cost a lot to pick it up.

@AtanasDimitrov954RR 4 жыл бұрын

hey great 1st plane. what phone app are you using?

@Jack-ne8vm 5 жыл бұрын

I have the same engine in my Avid Mk4... You use auto gas or avgas? Thanks for the ride-along.

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

Premium auto fuel.

@jjohnston94 4 жыл бұрын

Would you have gone straight to Woodstock if it didn't mean flying though Maine, or would you still have gone around? According to Google Earth, there are just no roads at all in central Maine.

@mmatt 4 жыл бұрын

I do my very best not to fly over anything that I can't safely land on when I'm in a plane with only one engine, so I still would have gone around and followed the 4-lane highway.

@reddogchi 4 жыл бұрын

Matt - I've been trying to find the vid where you experienced some carb icing but can't track it down...can you help?

@mmatt 4 жыл бұрын

I unlisted all of the videos where I was flying without a helmet... that was one of them. Here's a direct link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5uYqrWUqde7cok.html

@virginiahansen320 5 жыл бұрын

What are your overall impressions of the Coyote? How would you compare it to a Kitfox, which you have experience with?

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

I haven't flown a Kitfox. I've flown an ApolloFox though which is a knock off of the Kitfox. Handling is very similar, the Fox is faster but the one I flew had a 912 so that would easily explain that. The Fox has a better fit and finish too but with enough money, the Coyote could look just as good. Overall though, they are very similar.

@zendean5207 3 жыл бұрын

How is it you just happened to know a spot where you could land, stow your plane inside for the night and I assume stay in a hotel? How did you get to the hotel? Or do you know personally the owners of the airport? You didn’t know in advance you were going to need to land early, so how did you set that all up on the fly? Explaining that hole in your story would make a great new video.

@mmatt 3 жыл бұрын

That's my hometown and the airport that I normally fly out of. It just happened to be right inline with the flight and made for a perfect spot to stop.

@GHOSTYSNAKE804 3 жыл бұрын

We should fly together sometime I fly a pa-28 at CYQM in Moncton

@michelgoulet7783 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Matt, I've been watching most of your videos. Last year You came to my little town called St-Jean-Port-Joli to pick-up a Rans Coyote. I was gone a buy one in Montreal, but my problem is I need my ultralight pilote license. I'm ready to drive next summer 2021 to your place on my Little RV Roadtrek and spend time to get my lessons from you if it possible. My question is how much could cost for instructor & course on my plane? If I find one near your place or fly to your location from previous owner. I was looking for 2 models, Zenith Stol 701 or Challenger, or Rans Coyote. Thank You. Michel Goulet

@mmatt 3 жыл бұрын

Get a hold of me this summer and we'll see how it's going. My current rates are $60/hour in your plane or $120/hour in mine.

@michelgoulet7783 3 жыл бұрын

@@mmatt Thank you so much. From now I will keep an eye to find my ultralight (used), but if you have somebody selling their plane, could be a good opportunuity. If you have any recommandations of types, I prefer advanced UL, so my wife and I could fly together on day trip. Woodstock is so close to Quebec, I'm a coach bus driver, I've done many trips from Toronto to Charlottown with Chineese people, and back in 7 days..loll. Back in 1989 has my experience, I fleon command with a Beaver DH owner close to 50 hours in 4 months, bethween 1,500' to 3,000' on floats, never landed of course..! Well hope to meet you very soon!

@simplemanfc3 5 жыл бұрын

Why is the flap control an issue? I’m not seeing why you need to fly it from the right seat. Kitfox, Cessna and plenty others have flap lever in the center.

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

You fly a Cessna and (at least the ones I've seen) a Kitfox with your left hand freeing up your right hand to operate the throttle and flaps. No need in that situation to remove your flying hand from the controls. This plane has 2 throttle leavers which means that you operate the control stick with your right hand and the throttle with your left. To operate the flaps from the left seat, you need to switch hands on the control stick. Easier and safer to fly from the right seat where you don't have to do this.

@simplemanfc3 5 жыл бұрын

Ok that makes sense now. Thanks

@mikeryan6277 5 жыл бұрын

@@mmatt use to flying with left hand from the left seat, so if I moved to the rigbt I would be all messed up lol. Better to just change to a single center throttle but love the coyote or any Rans for that matter.

@jamesward6503 4 жыл бұрын

you could leave out the climbing to 3,500, all the rest good....

@matthewbrooder9414 4 жыл бұрын

Check the winds flight is definitely a lie. He just wanted one last pattern with his plane :,(

@ikay2102 5 жыл бұрын

Nice every day video blog, dude do you ever blink? :))

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

Nope... might miss something.... lol

@ikay2102 5 жыл бұрын

😎😎😂😂 Im same way Matt.

@morelovenaresh 4 жыл бұрын

ru travelling 150 miles continuously

@Jbmc65 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Matt, John here, talked to you on phone Thursday I think about training , i looked up the number on this plane and it was cancelled. I hope something didn’t happen to the guy did it? Thanks

@mmatt 2 жыл бұрын

I have no idea... last I heard it was still flying but that was a while ago.

@Huntinggearguy 5 жыл бұрын

Your phone's camera looks really sharp.

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

Ya, I'm quite happy with it. Much better than my old one! lol

@vladimirtrump6189 4 жыл бұрын

What do you think about Cessna 172?

@mmatt 4 жыл бұрын

It's a good plane for its mission which is training and short distance cross country flying.

@vladimirtrump6189 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You.

@JessicaSimonson1976 4 жыл бұрын

So this plane looks like metal airframe with like para silk body material covering frame. Correct?

@mmatt 4 жыл бұрын

That is correct. The fabric is called Dacron I think. It's a polymer/synthetic material.

@JessicaSimonson1976 4 жыл бұрын

@@mmatt so other than the airframe, engine, landing gear, maybe prop.....there is no other body metal? Take it tank is probably plastic to reduce weight.

@mmatt 4 жыл бұрын

The fuel tank is aluminum actually, but yes, most of the rest of the non-structural parts of the aircraft are build as light as possible using the lightest materials possible. .

@JessicaSimonson1976 4 жыл бұрын

@@mmatt I would have thought they would have went plastic.

@JessicaSimonson1976 4 жыл бұрын

@UnderBridge Rock stronger than aluminum?

@DanielHunterUSA 2 ай бұрын

What engine this bird have ?

@mmatt 2 ай бұрын

Rotax 582

@zendean5207 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of plane?

@mmatt 3 жыл бұрын

Rans S6 Coyote

@FarmerTed 5 жыл бұрын

Cross country in aircraft with 2 stroke motor......what could possibly go wrong, hahahahaha

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

Not much really as long as the motor is properly maintained. Look at the guy who flew his Aerolite 103 with a 2-stroke from Virginia to Oshkosh last month. Just about 1000 miles with no issues.

@FarmerTed 5 жыл бұрын

Really, what did you know about that motor other than his word before you left? I raced two strokes for years and years. Perfect maintenance and the best fuel and oil. I had good luck, but I know that when they fail they fail spectacularly! I’ve never had a partial failure, it either locked up or ran. Never anything in between. I’ve limped three lycomings home one with a jug blown in half. I applauded your decision to turn back due to low ceilings and wind it’s a great teaching tool for newbies, but long cross country with unknown to you two stroke not so much.

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

Racing 2-strokes and flying 2-strokes are two completely different animals. Besides, I avoid flying over unlandable terrain as best as I can and I practice engine out scenarios and landings constantly. It's all about being prepared. :-)

@garywheeler2055 5 жыл бұрын

What app is that on your phone? Looks good. 🍺

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

Canada Topo Maps. It's not an aviation app, just a general hiking/biking/exploring app but it works quite well for flying as long as you add the airports you are going to visit as waypoints. You can even add the runways, frequencies, etc in the notes for each waypoint. Since I only visit a handful of airports, it works great for me. I'm planning on doing a video review of it sometime soon.

@garywheeler2055 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, at the start of the video it looked like an app that had speed and elevation?

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

Yes it does.

@1STGeneral 4 жыл бұрын

Where's your helmet or custom carbon fiber crash proof beanie without chinstrap?

@mmatt 4 жыл бұрын

No need in this plane because it's registered as an Advanced ultralight. I would have only needed the helmet if the first owner registered it as a Basic.

@vagabondroller 4 жыл бұрын

m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d9CAlNhmtr_Yiac.html

@trunbytrun 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Matt.. wt is the best way to contact u..

@mmatt 5 жыл бұрын

Email. Follow the link below and click "view email address" kzfaq.infoabout

@ritchienegrea5779 4 жыл бұрын

Pioneer era long gone true heroes. These days flyng it’s not a Challange anymore. High tech all you touch. Just take the damn radio off. Just basic

@MEMCITV 4 жыл бұрын

I have appreciated watching your videos of the Woodstock area and your flight down the Saint John River from Edmundston to Woodstock. I lived in Woodstock from 1967 - 1974 and my sales territory for Imperial Oil ran from Saint Andrews to the Quebec border so I am somewhat familiar with the area over which you are flying. I normally fly Cessna 150's and 172's from CYSA, Stratford ON and also spend a lot of time at Lubitz Flying Field CLB2, headquarters of the Ultralight Pilots Association of Canada. This video is taken from a Jodel D11 we recently rebuilt. It will give you an overview of CLB2 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbCpZqWgtNO4eWQ.html and this Flickr album provides highlights from an open house we held earlier this year flic.kr/s/aHsmDnu3Yx .I hope to be in Woodstock later this year, maybe we can connect for a flight.

@mmatt 4 жыл бұрын

That would be fantastic! Let me know when you're in the area.