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- Page 1 Pelican Seaplane Instruction Manual Electric Foam Parkflyer with “Slot and Groove” construction. Designed By: Daniel J. Schwartz Available Exclusively from: www.FoamFly.com 4077 WoodCreek Dr. Ypsilanti MI. 48197 © 2004 FoamFly.com...
- Page 2 Thank You for purchasing the FoamFly Pelican! Welcome to the world of simple, durable foam flying machines. The Pelican is sure to thrill, with its sleek styling, and old-timer flair. This plane is suitable for beginners, but it is recommended that new pilots get the help of an instructor to trim their plane, and help with the first flights.
- Page 3 Introduction FoamFly.com is more than just a hobby company. It’s a community too! Please take pictures and video of your Pelican, and upload them to the photo gallery. Feel free to drop by and see what all the other foam junkies have been building.
- Page 4 “parts sheets.” Before you can use any of these you’ll need to cut them free. Using your razor knife, slice through the tabs and free the parts. Note: I recommend you test fit the parts at each step before applying glue… ©2004 FoamFly.com...
- Page 5 Fuselage: Before gluing the fuselage, pre-bend the front where it will form the nose. Using the PVC Pipe, gently roll the nose inwards from the windshield forward. The exact curve isn’t critical at this point. You just want to take “some of the fight” out of it. Cut or sand a taper on the inside edges of the rear of the fuselage halve.
- Page 6 If you’re concerned about water tightness, I would recommend gluing the front from the bottom up. When you test fit, start at the windshield, and make a note where the bottom edge ends up in relation to the step. ©2004 FoamFly.com...
- Page 7 When you glue, start at the step, with the bottom in the position that you noted previously, and work your way forward to the nose. You can stop at this point to run a bead of additional glue along the inside seams to ensure that the nose is watertight.
- Page 8 Repeat for the other side. Connect the elevator halves by pushing the “U” shaped wire into the holes you just made. Test fit to make sure the wire is centered in the groove, and glue the wire into the elevator halves when satisfied. ©2004 FoamFly.com...
- Page 9 Glue the tip floats on. Fit the float sections onto the ends of the horizontal stabilizer. 5 slotted float sections go on each side, and then are capped by one solid section. Fit the Horizontal and Vertical Stabilizers together, and test fit them into the fuselage.
- Page 10 The tops of the dihedral braces should fit flush with the top of the ribs, and they should be spaced outwards so that the braces will help keep the wing aligned when in place on the fuselage. ©2004 FoamFly.com...
- Page 11 Test fit the wing halves together on the dihedral braces. If the airfoil has been rolled correctly, the centers should fit flush with each other. Glue the wings one half at a time to the center assembly, using the ridge at the center of the dihedral braces to help position the wing correctly.
- Page 12 Elevator, on the left hand side of the Fuselage. Make small cuts with your X-Acto knife where the control horns will line up with the pushrods, and test fit the control horns in place. ©2004 FoamFly.com...
- Page 13 Now glue them in, with a little Epoxy, or foam safe CA. Make sure the holes are lined up directly over the hinge line. You’ll want to mount your servos and receiver high enough up in the cabin to keep them out of any water that might “accidentally” collect in the bottom of the fuselage.
- Page 14 After the center is glued, glue around the inside of the rim. With hot glue, this is easiest in small sections, working your way along. ©2004 FoamFly.com...
- Page 15 Next comes the tire. Simply wrap the tire material around the rim, and cut off the correct length. Make your cuts perpendicular to the tire rim to make an even seam. Glue the ends of the tire together. If you’re using hot glue, the hot glue will melt the tire foam, so make sure that you don’t apply the glue all the way to the edge.
- Page 16 Tie a rubberband to the high point on each side of the landing gear. They’ll hook over the front bamboo pegs to hold the gear on, AND provide a shock absorber effect. You might need to double the rubberband over to provide the right amount of tension. ©2004 FoamFly.com...
- Page 17 An extra blob of hot glue makes a perfect wheel retainer. You can also use and extra point from on of the bamboo pieces jammed into the tail, and glued as a durable tail skid The landing gear can be added and removed any time you like simply by removing the rubberbands.
- Page 18 You’ll want to make sure that you carefully mask off any areas where you don’t want the glue. You can do this by cutting custom shaped glue shields out of ©2004 FoamFly.com...
- Page 19 paper, or masking tape. Be sure to test your masking tape on the scrap foam to make sure that it doesn’t peel the skin off when you remove it. For the rest of the areas (Like attaching the wings) you’ll want to brush the glue on.
- Page 20 Bamboo Skewers (2) Wood Motor Mount Laser Cut Control Horns (2) Wood Wing Reinforcement Du-Bro Pushrod Connectors Rubber Bands .032” Wire Pushrods Elevator Joiner Wire .055” Landing Gear Wire Foam Tire Material Aluminum Wheels Hubs (4) This Instruction Manual ©2004 FoamFly.com...
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