As a BMFA affiliated
Club it is expected that all members will be familiar with and
adhere to the BMFA Code of Practice and General Safety Rules. Below
is a list of local rules:-
1.
Flying times for I/C powered models:
Mon, Wed and Fri
10:00hrs – 19:00hrs Max 2 models in the air.
Sat, Alternate
Sundays*
& Bank Holiday Mondays 10:00hrs – 16:00hrs Max 4
models
in the air.
a. At
the end of any powered flying session all I/C powered models are to
be dismantled and stowed in the members vehicles.
b. At
the end of any powered flying session there is to be a dead time of
20 minutes before any silent flight can take place.
*
Alternate Sundays will be agreed with the Council prior to the
commencement of the New Year. These dates will be promulgated in the
Club Newsletter and the Club Noticeboard in the Portacabin.
2. The first Adult
Member in attendance will normally take over the mantle of
Responsible Member. Should the Responsible Member leave the site
before the end of the flying session he / she is to hand over the
duty to one of the remaining Adult Members. Anyone attending the
site is to sign in the attendance book, whether flying or not. If a
member intends to fly I/C up to the end of the day and then carry on
flying silent flight he or she is to sign out of the attendance book
and then sign back in as a silent flyer.
3. Junior Members
(Under 16) are to be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian
at all times when visiting the site.
4.
The Club operates a ‘peg on peg off’
frequency control system. No transmitter is to be switched on
without first securing the correct frequency peg / tag. The Club
issued key-ring is the only acceptable ‘on peg’ to be placed on the
pegboard. All new members will be allocated a channel under the Club
frequency control system.
5.
All flying is to take place immediately in front of the pilots box. The only exception to this being thermal gliders which can fly in
any airspace. Electric models without an undercarriage can fly behind
the pilots box when landing on the grassed area. The hand launching and
landing of models without an undercarriage is to be clearly communicated
to flyers already in the air.
6. Landing in the field in front of the pilots box is to be avoided if at
all possible.
7. The wind direction of the day will dictate the direction of the
circuits to be flown. Any deviation from this is to be with the
unanimous agreement of the flyers in that slot.
8.
The accepted standard of competence for solo flight is the BMFA
‘A’ certificate.
9.
All training is to be carried out by Club Instructors with the
use of a buddy lead. A Club Instructor is one who is deemed as being
competent by the Club Safety Member and Training Member and has been
registered with the BMFA.
10.
All I/C powered models are to pass the BMFA Noise Test before
being allowed to fly. There are no exceptions to this rule. The
Committee reserve the right to retest any model at any time.
11.
During start up all I/C models are to be secured by a restraining
device. Junior Members (Under 16) are not to start engines. Any
prolonged engine running such as ‘running in’ is to be carried out
on the grassed area to the right of the Portacabin.
12.
It is the responsibility of every member to ensure that the site
is kept in a clean and tidy state. The last member to leave the site is
to:-
a. Ensure that the site is free from litter.
b.
The Portacabin is locked
c.
Secure the access gate. The lock combination on the access gate
to be scrambled after locking.