Heres a Picture of my Sea Master after the Elevator Seperated in Flight. After looking over the pieces I noticed the hinges were not glued in very well. I suggest anyone who buys this plane reglue everything. Also maybe a bit of foam in the nose cone to keep it afloat when you go in. Mine sunk after the driver ran over it with the boat. This was on the first day of a trip to Northern Cali. Place called Lake Almanor. Over all this is the most crash resistant seaplane ever made we have done things to these that any other plane would never last through, ie Island jumping and such.

ALWAYS add CA to the hinges of any ARF you buy. I have only had one that had the hinges pre-glued and I just assumed they were only tack glued to keep the parts together. I wicked in thin CA as if I were glueing them in from scratch.
I would also think twice about letting Mr. Magoo drive the boat again...