Contents
  1. Overview
  2. Flight characteristics
  3. Recommended uses
  4. Plastics & variants
  5. History
  6. Notable throwers
  7. Similar discs

The Innova Coyote is a 4-speed stable midrange. With published flight numbers of 4 / 5 / 0 / 1, it is most often described as suited for straight midrange shots with a soft finish, placement shots inside 250 feet.

Overview

The Innova Coyote is a large-diameter 4 / 5 / 0 / 1 midrange with a shallow 1.2 cm rim and a forgiving grip.[1] Innova describes it as flying predictably for straight, gentle turnover, or hyzer shots while holding a soft flight line, and pitches it as a good one-disc option for beginners, intermediates and pros alike.[1] Its rim profile is very close to the Mako's, which is a large part of why the two molds ended up competing for the same slot in the lineup.[3] Team Innova's Alan Beaver frames it as the disc for when a Roc is too much and an Aviar is not enough.[1]

Flight characteristics

Flight numbers: manufacturer vs. community
SourceSpeedGlide TurnFade
Innova (mfg) 4 5 0 1 Published spec
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Flight numbers describe the published behavior of the disc when thrown at its design speed. Real-world flight varies with plastic, weight, age, and thrower power. The community-averaged numbers above reflect crowd-sourced observations from real throws — typically slightly more understable than the manufacturer's published values, which is the most consistent pattern across nearly every commercial mold.

Innova lists the Coyote as a best choice for stable straight shots, placement shots and low canopy shots.[1] Its own product copy points further to long and short approach shots, short drives, roller shots and even short-range putts.[1] u/IsaacSam98 narrows the main use case: straight hyzer-flip shots and touch shots that need a lot of glide.[3] The 0 turn and 1 fade mean it neither flips out nor hooks hard, which is what makes it usable across so many shot shapes at modest power.

Best for:

  • Straight midrange shots with a soft finish
  • Placement shots inside 250 feet
  • Low canopy and low-ceiling lines
  • Hyzer-flip touch shots that need glide
  • Short-range putts and roller shots

Plastics & variants

The Coyote is available in the following plastic blends from Innova:[1]

Star

Plastic blend significantly affects flight character. Premium plastics like Champion, Z, or C-Line generally fly more overstable when fresh and hold their stability over time. Base plastics like DX, Pro, or Active beat in faster and become more understable workhorses with use.

History

The Coyote was approved by the PDGA on June 7, 2005 under certification 05-09, measuring 21.7 cm in diameter, 1.9 cm tall, with a 1.3 cm rim depth and a 1.2 cm rim, capped at 180.1 g.[2] u/IsaacSam98 records it as a neutral-to-understable midrange that was mildly popular in its day before going out of print once Innova pushed the Mako and Mako3, but notes that it kept a following — including a handful of professionals, an unusual distinction for an out-of-print Innova mold — naming Mason Ford, Gregg Barsby and Valerie Mandujano among them, and that Innova still runs limited batches to keep those players supplied.[3] Innova's page currently lists it in Star at 165–180 g, so both accounts are presented here.[1][3]

Notable throwers

Mason Ford, Gregg Barsby, Valerie Mandujano

Similar discs

References & further reading

Sources

Content on this page has been cross-checked against the following sources. Numbered citations in the prose above link to the matching entry here.

  1. Coyote — Innova Disc Golf official product page
  2. Coyote — PDGA Equipment Certification (approved 2005-06-07, cert 05-09)
  3. Every Single Innova Disc — u/IsaacSam98 (used with permission)

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