Lanier R/C MARINER 40 MK II ARF Assembly Instructions Manual - Mariner 40 Mk II Arf
Assembly Instructions
LANIER R/C
MARINER 40 MK II ARF
LANIER R/C, INC.- P O Box 458 - Oakwood, GA 30566 - Ph 770-532-6401
© Copyright 2006 Lanier R/C, Inc.
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which in turn will cause your engine to get hot
or quit.
CHARGE THE BATTERIES
1. Follow the battery charging procedure
recommended in the radio instruction manual.
It is best to charge all the batteries the night
before you intend to fly.
RANGE CHECK THE RADIO
1. Ground check the range of your radio before
the first flight of the day. Make this a practice.
With the transmitter antenna collapsed you
should be able to walk 100 feet away from the
model and have solid control. Repeat this test
with the engine running.
FLYING
Get ready for some fun! Flying off water will be
a new experience for some of you and others it
will be “old hat”. We have spent considerable
time with the Mariner, tuning it up for great
water handling, and ease of lift off.
Our prototypes were powered with a GMS .47’s
and they proved to be plenty of power to fly the
Mariner. You will find the water handling
characteristics superb with the rudder hanging
down in the water becoming the water rudder
making steering very easy.
With engine properly tuned, slide the Mariner in
the water. Advance the throttle and it will come
up on the step with no use of the elevator. This
is due to the generous spray rails and the
special hull lifters mounted on the step. The 3-
1/2 degrees up-thrust in the engine also
promotes positive help to accommodate getting
up on the step.
The flight characteristics of the Mariner are very
good at all ranges of the flight envelope. The
full symmetrical wing promotes some aerobatic
maneuvers such as loops, rolls and spins.
Maybe a few others we have not tried. The
Mariner displays no bad habits in the air.
Landing on water is pure joy! Maybe because it
is one of the flattest landing surfaces you could
ever hope to have. That is, without waves.
When it comes time to land, reduce the throttle
to half and let it sink down toward the water.
Just above the water start to flair and hold it off
in the ground effect, or is that water effect?
Keep the air speed up, no stall landing here, and
let it settle on the step. Then slowly retard the
throttle and taxi back to shore. Oh, the engine
quit? You had better have a boat, which is a
good idea. Have a ball! However, always stay
in control.
No matter how hard you try, it is always a
problem to keep water out of the hull. This is all
part of flying off the water. Keep the Silicone
Sealer handy and apply a thin coat to all joints
where water might enter. We say this lastly
because it will always remain a problem when
ever you fly.