1. 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:-
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 Notice board in the Port-a-cabin.
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 on
35Mhz or 27Mhz
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 using
35Mhz
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 that can fly in any airspace at
altitude.
Electric models without an undercarriage can fly
to the side
and 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.
All take offs are to
commence from the most upwind white line marked on the
runway. Only one aircraft is to be on the runway in
preparation for take off at any given time. Queuing on
the runway is strictly forbidden.
8. The accepted standard of competence for solo flight
is the BMFA ‘A’ certificate.
Anyone joining the
Club who is capable of flying solo but has yet to
achieve ‘A’ certification can fly providing they have a
Club Instructor stood beside them at all times during
the flight.
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
Port-a-cabin.
Operators of electric models are to ensure that such
models are restrained during the arming phase of
preparation.
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 combination lock on the access gate is
to be
to be scrambled after locking.
d) Ensure that all
electrical appliances are switched off, including the
charging power
supply.
Rules updated May 2011