domatic

The plane looks really heavly loaded with a .61 dropping out of the sky on decent. Looks like it has awesome vertical performance. We are building a brushless marier, if anyones interested well post a video and specs soon.

-Todd

N215PB

I just got a MKII about 2 weeks ago, she is almost ready to fly. I'm very impressed with quality for a CHINA kit. I looked inside the fuselage/hull to be ready to pour some glue in to beef up and seal bulkhead seams and wow..........they were great, i put my glue away. I was so impressed I called Mariner and told them I thought it was a very nice product.
Everything went together great and she looks nice, very very easy. Monokote job was flawless,hardware was all there and nice stuff. It's nice product for the very resonable price I think. I put an OS.46 on her and plan to fly soon. Love to see a much larger versio of this from these folks.

Augie11

Lanier makes a 1.20 version of this plane. Tower has it and you can check the specs out there. Have seen lots of the .40's but no 1.20's.

N215PB

Wow, thanks.....didn't know that.

Augie11

If you get one, let us know how it is. She's a BIG bird!

N215PB

WOW......look at the price.$604-$639 price, and we only went form 56" to 80", thats not a big wingspan increase, i would have hoped to see 90+ inches. Thats a big price jump, real big, to big for me. It's nice kit but, thats not large to me to justify that steep price gradient!

N215PB

And in thinking of this, I'd rather get floats for my 1/4 SIG Cub, do you know of or where to get that large size float, don't see them on Tower.

Augie11

I have a Sig 1/4 scale Cub on floats. I went with Balsa USA floats. They look terrific but are quite a building project so allow yourself some extra time. They are plywood planked over formers. I believe Sig also has floats for the 1/4 scale. There are also a few outfits that can make foam floats ---- try googling foam floats. And, of course, there are Sea Commanders but those tend to be quite expensive.

Good luck!

domatic

Here are some images of the BRUSHLESS Mariner! Its been on 8 flights, 2 in a lake, 6 on a canal with a tight landing area, both worked fine. The plane has more than enough power, and the glide ratio is very nice, with out the extra weight of the gas and engine. Especially handy for those nice soft landings on the water.


SPECS AXI .40 Replacement size motor
2800 MAH 4 CELL 14. Volt Battery

Ill be posting the HD video soon. Let me know what you guys think.

domatic

The thing with addon floats is if you tip one of those into wave youll nose over, (personal experience) with the mariner/flying boat you can survive a really hard landing and shell still stay afloat. Making it a nice plane to fly even when its a bit windy.

domatic

One more thing guys i nearly forgot which IS VITAL if you build a brushless Mariner, the major MOD i had to make was drilling cooling hold in the firewall so that AIR can be pushed into the engine room and cool the ESC i had 1 dead stick landing due to ESC overheating. leaving the door open during the flight solved the problem my further tweeks, by drilling the firewall seems to keep the system cool enough, however ill prob make some vents in the DOOR. Also due to CG i have the battery mounted in the nose near the black line. Its velcro'd and tie strapped in as this plane does fly interverted

LMProd

I am thinking of getting one of these or the seamaster. I was on Towers site and noticed in the Tech description they only list a 2 stroke engine and not a 4 stroke. I can't imagine Tower would miss an opertunity to sell a 4 stroke. I have noticed some postings mentioning reinforcind the engine pod. Is this pod only set up for two strokes and can't handle the the 4 stroke ??

Thanks
Gary

Augie11

Gary-

We have several of them flying up here (5,400 ft.) with 4-strokes. 70's, 72's and even one 80. Most engines sit mainly outside of the cowl on this plane anyway. The pod on the current version handles them well enough but you can always beef up the attachment points if you'd like.

If you're at sea level, a .65 or .70 four stroke should do nicely.

Augie

domatic

We have flown the brushless system at 8000 ft (high altitude lake) without any issues, and no loss of power.

Oregon Craig

People seem to really like these, too.

http://www.greenmodelusa.com/LG_Neptune.html

https://www.quicktechhobby.com/Airpl...eptune_arf.htm

There, I just gave you more choices!

LMProd

I ordered one of these from Lanier, they are having a weekend sale - $229.99.

I have a Saito FA 65 with a 13x6 prop looking for an airplane. As far as I can tell this engine should work well. It is light for a 4 stroke, but lacks a little in power compared to a FA 72.

Open to any comments on this combination ?

Thanks
Gary

clolson

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I have a tower 46 2-stroke (and previously a used magnum 45 2-stroke that I never could get to run all that reliably) and both those engines would pop the aircraft out of the water (or snow) quite well and it performs great. I can't imagine that you'd have any problems flying with a 65 4-stroke. Just be ready to respond in the pitch axis... the Mk-I can be a bit squirrelly in pitch.

Curt.

Augie11

That combo should handle it OK at sea level. Might want to have a 12x6 or 12x7 along with you just in case.

Let us know how it goes and good luck!

Fast Freddy

Domatic,

What is the exact AXI motor you are using? Are you using NiMH batteries? How long are your flights? I have the original version Mariner with an OS .46 glow with couple of hundered water flights that I'm thinking of converting to electric. I fly from a boat on a small lake and I'm getting tired of the purist kayakers and canoists yelling at me for all the noise. They are a real pain. I simply love this plane and will probably buy the MK II when this one falls apart.

daviddep

with the Mariner II, what engine mount did you use with a 4-stroke. I have a os 70 Surpass that I'd like to put in the plane.

daviddep

I'm thinking of the MII with a OS 70 Surpass. What modifications would need to be done?

domatic

Freddy, here is the motor Specs, Im pretty sure you can fly with 2 of these batteries for double the flight time however ive used only 1, and it seems to run around 20 mins witha couple take off and landings.

Flys at 1/2 throttle no problem stalls are very slow due to the weight. It would prob benefit in a windy condition with 2 battery packs. Ive since changed to a Master AirScrew with spinner, major improvement.

Lanier Mariner MKII Brushless

PM282610 AXI 2826/10 External Rotor Brushless Motor
JESAP40W Jeti Advance PLUS 40 Amp Brushless Controller
4 Cell 2150 mAh 14.8V LiPo Battery
PE11070E APC 11x7 Electric Flight Prop

-todd

domatic

Oh yeh the noise level its tolerable for kayakers we have encountered some and they seem to only watch in amazement. Take off can be a bit noisy and attention grabbing as the AXi sounds more like a jet engine than a eletric motor, however once up in the air its pretty silent running.

good luck send pics of your conversion! and feedback.

Augie11

I had a Mk I with a .70 OS 4 stroke a few years back. On that plane you had to beef up the pylon support for that engine. On the MkII, no changes are needed for the .70. Just take your time fitting the cowl because it's a tight fit with that engine.

Good flying!

daviddep

Ok. Thanks. Now, can anyone sugjest the best place to buy one of these? Thanks