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R I O T P L A N E S

Sea Monkey

Slow Flier Seaplane

A Riot R/C kit

Building Instructions

2013 Riot Planes

www.riotplanes.com

Toll Free (866) 922-9477

Take the time to read this entire manual, so that you are familiar with all the building

steps and their proper order. Take your time; make sure you understand everything

before you do it and you will be rewarded with an impressive flying plane

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The manufacturer assumes no liability for damages or other loss in the use of this product, as

we have no control over the construction or end use of this product.

Summary of Contents for Sea Monkey

Page 1: ... entire manual so that you are familiar with all the building steps and their proper order Take your time make sure you understand everything before you do it and you will be rewarded with an impressive flying plane The manufacturer assumes no liability for damages or other loss in the use of this product as we have no control over the construction or end use of this product ...

Page 2: ...it paper Pins Square FLAT Workbench Hot glue gun with glue stick low or high temp Gorilla brand polyurethane glue white 2x type Pins Optional Foam safe medium CA glue and foam safe accelerator Razor blade or X Acto knife Blue masking tape Hinge Tape Blenderm Waxed paper 18 24 inch long 1 1 2 to 3 inch diameter object 1 1 2 PVC pipe is ideal Optional Foam safe paint ...

Page 3: ...found it to be very strong waterproof and it allows a few minutes to position parts Some areas can be done with medium foam safe CA glue We will specify where we used each type of glue If you use any CA you should also use foam safe accelerator Don t risk destroying your plane before you ever fly it We will present these instructions in a specific order mainly to help you get used to using tiny am...

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Page 6: ...ssibly can a 1 16 inch diameter bead is too large Put the tab in the slot and set aside on a piece of waxed paper Once this begins to cure you will see how well you did in keeping with a tiny bead of glue Elevators Gather the two elevator halves the horizontal stabilizer and the short balsa stick elevator joiner Use pins or weight to keep the horizontal stab in position on the bench Put a piece of...

Page 7: ...ovided and not cause any space between the elevators and stab If all is well use poly glue to attach it to the elevator halves Allow to cure When cured sand a 45 degree bevel on the trailing edge of the stabilizer Leave the front of the elevators square Rudder Sand a 45 degree bevel on the leading edge of the rudder on each side to form a V ...

Page 8: ...ed on the upright Glue the rear portion allow a few seconds to cure then glue the forward section bending the ski bottom to conform Repeat for the other tip ski Fuselage This is the most important part of the build Take your time and build square and straight The fuse is made of two outer sides and an inner core of EPP foam We recommend using poly glue for all fuse construction as it allows you a ...

Page 9: ...r square before you walk away Allow to cure completely Once cured we can finish up the fuse Glue the aft fuse former in place You can use CA or poly glue Using a tiny bead of poly glue attach the aft fuse top and bottom Note that the top goes between the sides and the bottom goes on top of the sides Use pins to hold the top and bottom in exact position until cured Use sandpaper to rough up the pla...

Page 10: ...l horn slot should be facing up and the bevel in the stabilizer should be down when you tape the elevator in place Trim the tape near the joiner but don t cut into it Cut the tape where it covers the slot for the control horn Use poly to glue the 1 16 ply elevator control horn in place Note that the ply control horns for the elevator and rudder are different The rudder horn has a V in the front ...

Page 11: ...d paper under it so you don t glue it to the bench Allow to cure Pushrods Gather the pushrod parts 4x Z bend wires Shrink tubing 2x Carbon pushrods Using medium CA glue one of the Z bend wires to one end of each pushrod Do not glue the other end yet The Z should be about 1 2 inch from the end of the carbon rod Cut the shrink tubing into 4 equal pieces Slide two pieces of shrink tubing on each push...

Page 12: ...hat you have a right and left Use your round pipe or whatever as a mandrel to wrap the wing around We like to put the pipe on the wing and pull up the leading edge to wrap around the pipe Keep your hands moving and curl the wing until it touches itself Be sure that you keep the pipe parallel with the leading edge and take your time You should end up with a wing that can be flattened into a pretty ...

Page 13: ...hedral gauge to prop up one wing tip at the edge of your bench Put a rib under the wing to support it as you sand the curved wing tip so that it is parallel with the bench Use a sanding block with coarse paper and take your time Make sure that the sanding block touches the entire edge of the wing tip Do this for both wing tips Make sure you have a right and a left ...

Page 14: ...own Do not glue the other wing rib at this time We used medium foam safe CA and accelerator for this job Glue the left wing tip the left side of the wing center section Use the dihedral gauge and make sure that there is no gap between the wing and the tip You can pin the tip in place on the rib to get a nice joint We used medium foam safe CA and accelerator for this job as well Do not glue the oth...

Page 15: ...e sure to leave half of the rib hanging over for the wing tip Glue the right wing tip in place just like the left side Hull Put tiny marks at the center of both ski bottoms Use these to align the skis Using poly glue glue the aft ski in place making sure it is centered on the fuselage Pin in place Glue the forward ski in place at this time as well and pin in place ...

Page 16: ...se pins and check to be sure that it is 90 degrees Allow to cure Test fit the tail assembly to the fuselage It should sit level with the wing and not have any gap in the front or at the back of the fuse If all is well cut a slit into the rudder for the rudder hinge that should be sticking out of the fuse Put poly glue on the fuse and carefully start the hinge into the rudder and set the tail in pl...

Page 17: ...ds to the speed control without connectors Here is the process Solder and heat shrink one of the 3 wires Solder the other two and slide the heat shrink in place but don t shrink Make sure that the wires can t touch Plug in the ESC and throttle up without a prop and check motor direction It should be counter clockwise when viewed from the front If it is backwards un solder the two wires and switch ...

Page 18: ...and use 2 sheet metal screws to attach it Attach your 8x3 8 or 8x4 slow fly prop and be sure that it clears the fuselage Servos Fit the servos Make sure that the servos face forward servo arm towards the front Feed the servo leads forward into the fuselage You may need to push the ESC down to clear the servos Glue servos in place with a small drop of hot glue at each end Battery We use an 800 or 1...

Page 19: ... adjust the pushrod length so that the elevator is centered You can use the heat shrink to hold the wire on the carbon while you glue it Once you are sure that the elevator is centered with the radio on carefully shrink the tubing over the wire end Do not melt any of the foam structure when shrinking the tubing Use cardboard shields to insulate the foam while heating the tubing Repeat for the rudd...

Page 20: ...weight or use a larger capacity 2S battery If the CG is forward of this fly it first If it needs more up trim than you have add weight to the tail or use a smaller 2S battery Flying Set the rudder and elevator so that they move inch in either direction If you have dual rates use inch on low rate and 1 inch on high rate This is a slow flyer Full throttle is seldom used except when climbing steeply ...

Page 21: ...eed much more than about half throttle to get off the water The plane will lift off the water when it is ready There is no need to haul it off the water Takeoffs into the wind will be very short 5 10 feet Water Landing The water landing is the same as any other The plane does not care if you carry some speed or just plop it in Landing with a little speed does make for a pretty landing If there is ...

Page 22: ...ing in place Center this and apply two blobs of hot glue over the housing and onto the foam Make these on both sides of the fuselage Using hot glue attach the steel axles into the housing so that about 3 8 inch sticks out When cool slip on a wheel and a plastic washer Secure with a tiny dab of hot glue You are now ready to take off and land almost anywhere Thank you for purchasing this kit We hope...

Page 23: ...eason that this is called a Slow Flier If you have trouble taking off from water remove the wheels If you dunk it Keep the plane upside down until all the water drains out DO NOT run the motor Unplug the battery ASAP Let the motor dry in the sun for a while Be sure that everything is dry before flying again Put CA glue on the rudder bottom This will reduce the amount of wear if you take off from a...

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