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ASSEMBLY MANUAL

Code : SEA 362

Speciications:

Wingspan--------------- 85.0 in (215.9 cm).

Wing area--------------- 775.0 sq.ins (59.0 sq.dm).

Weight------------------- 16.8lbs (7.6 kg).

Length------------------- 59.2 in (150.3 cm).

Engine/Motor size----- 35-40cc gasoline.

Radio--------------------- 8 channels with 9  servos.

Motor 160/ 2700watt/ ESC 70A-100A/ Lipo 9s-10s.

Electric propeller 18x8-20x10.

Summary of Contents for SEA 362

Page 1: ... Wingspan 85 0 in 215 9 cm Wing area 775 0 sq ins 59 0 sq dm Weight 16 8lbs 7 6 kg Length 59 2 in 150 3 cm Engine Motor size 35 40cc gasoline Radio 8 channels with 9 servos Motor 160 2700watt ESC 70A 100A Lipo 9s 10s Electric propeller 18x8 20x10 ...

Page 2: ...ion manual is designed to help you build a great lying aeroplane Please read this manual throughly before starting assembly of your CESSNA 208 GRAND CARAVAN Use the parts listing below to indentify all parts Please be aware that this aeroplane is not a toy and if assembled or used incorrectly it is ca pable of causing injury to people or property WHEN YOU FLY THIS AEROPLANE YOU ASSUME ALL RISK REP...

Page 3: ...yanoacrylate glue 30 minute epoxy 5 minute epoxy Hand or electric drill Assorted drill bits Modelling knife Straight edge ruler 2mm ball driver Phillips head screwdriver 220 grit sandpaper 90 square or builder s triangle Wire cutters Masking tape T pins hread lock Paper towels 35 40cc gasoline engine Computer radio 8 channel with 9 servos Glow plug to suit engine Propeller to suit engine Protectiv...

Page 4: ...Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 4 9 8 10 11 4 5 6 7 silicone sealant silicone sealant ...

Page 5: ...5 12 13 14 15 17 16 18 19 Epoxy ...

Page 6: ...Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 6 20 21 25 22 26 23 27 24 C A glue C A glue ...

Page 7: ...7 6 7 INSTALL THE AILERONS CONTROL HORN Fiberglass control horn Epoxy 1 5 2 3 4 Epoxy Epoxy Ailerons control horn ...

Page 8: ...s of the mount allow the servo lead to pass through INSTALLING THE AILERON SERVOS Minimum servo spec Torque 115 3 oz in 8 3 kg cm 4 8V 157 8 oz in 11 3 kg cm 6 0V 180 1 oz in 12 9 kg 7 4V Set the aileron hatch in place and use a Phillips screw driver to install it with four wood screws 5 6 Use dental loss or heatshrunk tube to secure the connection so they cannot be come unplugged 7 1 4 2 3 ...

Page 9: ...9 AILERON PUSHROD INSTALLATION 2 3 8 1 65mm 1 INSTALL FLAP CONTROL HORN Fiberglass control horn 2 3 4 Epoxy ...

Page 10: ...Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 10 INSTALLING THE FLAP PUSHROD 3 2 85mm 4 5 7 1 5 6 Epoxy Epoxy Please see below pictures ...

Page 11: ...11 7 6 8 9 LANDING GEAR INSTALLATION Locate items needed for landing gear installation 1 2 3 ...

Page 12: ...Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 12 9 5 8 4 10 6 11 7 2x8mm 4x25mm ...

Page 13: ...13 12 13 16 15 17 18 14 19 3x4mm ...

Page 14: ...Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 14 NOSE GEAR INSTALLATION Locate the parts needed to attach the nose gear 20 24 21 25 22 26 23 3x4mm ...

Page 15: ...15 1 2 5 4 6 7 3 8 3x4mm ...

Page 16: ...Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 16 9 10 13 12 14 15 11 16 M3x20mm M3x15mm ...

Page 17: ...17 17 18 21 20 22 23 19 24 3x20mm ...

Page 18: ...Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 18 25 26 29 28 30 27 Install the switch into the precut hole in it the side of the fuselage 3 32 Hole Trim and cut 1 2 INSTALLING THE RECEIVER SWITCH Epoxy ...

Page 19: ...ound the tank opening using a modeling knife If lashing is present make sure none falls into the tank 1 With the stopper assembly in place the weighted pick up should rest away from the rear of the tank and move freely inside the tank he top of the vent tube should rest just below the top of the tank It should not touch the top of the tank When satisied with the alignment of the stopper assembly t...

Page 20: ...ick up tube Fuel ill tube Connect the lines from the tank to the engine and muler he vent line will connect to the muler and the line from the clunk to the carburetor Blow through one of the lines to ensure the fuel lines have not become kinked inside the fuel tank compartment Air should low through easily 2 3 4 5 Epoxy Epoxy Balsa wood ...

Page 21: ...21 M5x110mm 180mm 7 9 12 10 8 Ignition Modude Pushrod wire 11 13 14 ...

Page 22: ...dicular to the servo center line 15 16 Use medium CA to glue the pushrod standof to the inside of the fuselage and the pushrod tube 17 Move the throttle stick to the closed po sition and move the carburetor to closed Use a 2 5mm hex wrench to tighten the screw that secures the throttle pushrod wire Make sure to use threadlock on the screw so it does not vibrate loose Epoxy 2 3 COWLING 1 Please see...

Page 23: ...is correct before drill ing each hole 4 5 6 2mm 8 Because of the size of the cowl it may be nec essary to use a needle valve extension for the high speed needle valve Make this out of suf icient length 1 5mm wire and install it into the end of the needle valve Secure the wire in place by tightening the set screw in the side of the needle valve 7 M3x15mm 9 ...

Page 24: ... power conversion kit Motor 160 2700 Watts Propeller 18x8 20x10 ESC 70A 100A 9 10S Lipo Attach the electric motor box to the ire wall centered with the cross lines drawn on the electric motor box and irewall Using M5x25mm to secure the motor box to the irewall Please see pictures below Attach the motor mount to the front of the electric motor box using four 5mm blind nut four M5x25mm hex head bolt...

Page 25: ...8 9 6 7mm Blind nut M5x20mm Epoxy Attach the speed control to the side of the motor box using two sided tape and tie wraps Connect the appropriate leads from the speed control to the mo tor Make sure the leads will not interfere with the operation of the motor 11 12 10 180mm ...

Page 26: ...e spinner backplate propeller and spinner cone 1 he propeller should not touch any part of the spinner cone If it does care fully trim spinner cone opening until pro peller no longer comes in contact with it 2 1 2 HINGING THE ELEVATOR Glue the elevator hinges in place using tthe same techniques as shown in images below ...

Page 27: ...27 3 4 5 1 INSTALL ELEVATOR CONTROL HORN Fiberglass control horn 2 Epoxy Epoxy 3 4 5 Epoxy ...

Page 28: ...nual 28 Epoxy 6 4 7 8 1 2 3 HINGING THE RUDDER Glue the top three rudder hinges in place using the same techniques used to hinge the elevator he lower hinge will be glued when the in rudder assembly is attached to the fu selage Epoxy Elevator iberglass control horn ...

Page 29: ...29 3 1 2 4 5 6 INSTALL RUDDER CONTROL HORN Repeat steps to install the rudder control horn as same as steps done for elevator Fiberglass control horn Epoxy Epoxy 7 Rudder iberglass control horn ...

Page 30: ... Slide the stabilizer into place in the precut slot in the rear of the fuselage he stabilizer should be pushed irmly against the front of the slot With the stabilizer held irmly in place use a pen and draw lines onto the stabi lizer where it and the fuselage sides meet Do this on both the right and let sides and top and bottom of the stabilizer When cutting through the covering to remove it cut wi...

Page 31: ...r in place and realign Double check all of your measurements once more before the epoxy cures Hold thestabilizerinplacewithT pinsormask ing tape and remove any excess epoxy us ing a paper towel and rubbing alcohol Epoxy Epoxy INSTALLING VERTICAL STABILIZER Using a modeling knife remove the covering from over the precut hinge slot cut into the lower rear portion of the fu selage his slot accepts th...

Page 32: ...tical stabilizer irmly in place use a pen and draw a line on eachside of the vertical stabilizer where it meets the top of the fuselage 90º Vertical Stabilizer Horizontal Stabilizer Epoxy When you are sure that everything is aligned correctly mix up a generous amount of Flash 30 Minute Epoxy Ap ply a thin layer to the mounting slot and to bottom of the vertical stabilizer mounting area Apply epoxy...

Page 33: ...elevator control horn on the both side of elevator Elevator control horn 1 2 hread one clevis and M2 lock nut on to each elevator control rod hread the horns on until they are lush with the ends of the control rods Elevator and rudder pushrod assembly shown in photos below Locate items necessary to install rudder pushrod 10 11 3 4 550mm ...

Page 34: ...rand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 34 5 6 RUDDER PUSHROD INSTALLATION Repeat steps as same as steps done for elevator 1 2 3 4 5 INSTALL THE WINDOW Parts requirement See pictures below 1 885mm ...

Page 35: ...35 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 ...

Page 36: ...Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 36 11 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 ...

Page 37: ...37 20 21 22 23 24 25 19 18 Epoxy ...

Page 38: ...Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 38 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 2x6mm ...

Page 39: ...39 36 37 38 39 40 41 2x6mm 34 35 2x6mm ...

Page 40: ...Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 40 INSTALLATION COCKPIT PILOT AND CANOPY Locate items necessary to install 1 2 3 4 8 5 6 7 Epoxy ...

Page 41: ...41 10 11 12 16 13 14 15 Epoxy 9 ...

Page 42: ...ASE FOR SAIL PLANE Locate items necessary to install Screw the aero tow mechanism into the hole just behind the canopy and apply thread lock luid to prevent the coupling and nut from working loose he aluminium part must be shortened enough so that the clevis can move freely adjust the rods accordingly 1 2 3 4 1 5 6 ...

Page 43: ...accordingly 3 4 2 INSTALLING BATTERY RECEIVER Plug the servos leads and the switch lead into the receiver Plug the battery pack lead into the switch also Wrap the receiver and battery pack in the protective foam rubber to protect them from vibration 1 1 Receiver Two batteries ATTACHMENT WING FUSELAGE Parts requirement See pictures below ...

Page 44: ...Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 44 4 5 2 3 Wing bolt 7 8 9 6 hen install struts on the wings and fuselage ...

Page 45: ...45 12 13 10 11 16 17 14 15 4x25mm ...

Page 46: ...Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 46 20 21 18 19 3x10mm 25 22 24 23 4x25mm hread locker glue M4x25mm ...

Page 47: ...47 29 26 27 28 2x8mm 32 30 31 1 ANTENNA INSTALLATION Parts requirement See pictures below ...

Page 48: ...Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 85 inch wingspan 35 40cc Instruction Manual 48 INSTALLING THE PITOT TUBES POD Parts needed are shown in images below 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 6 ...

Page 49: ...49 7 5 6 4 Epoxy Attach the aluminium tube into fuselage 1 2 3 4 M4x25mm ATTACHMENT WING FUSELAGE ...

Page 50: ...r battery and receiver If you are unable to obtain good balance by doing so then it will be necessary to add weight to the nose or tail to achieve the proper balance point Lit the model If the tail drops when you lit the model is tail heavy and you must add weight to the nose If the nose drops it is nose heavy and you must add weight to the tail to balance An important part of preparing the air cr...

Page 51: ...0 mm Down 20 mm Elevator High Rate Up 20 mm Down 20 mm Low Rate Up 15 mm Down 15 mm Rudder High Rate Right 25 mm Let 25 mm Low Rate Right 20mm Let 20 mm Flap Mid 30mm Full 50 mm CONTROL THROWS 15 20mm 20 25mm 20 25mm 20 25mm Wing Fuselage 20 25mm 15 20mm 30mm 50mm ...

Page 52: ...he right ailer on should move up and the other aileron should move down If it does not lip the servo reversing switch on your transmit ter to change the direction 1 Completely charge your transmit ter and receiver batteries before your irst day of lying 2 Check every bolt and every glue joint in the CESSNA 208 GRAND CARAVAN 85 INCH WINGSPAN 35 40CC to ensure that everything is tight and well bonde...

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