Power Information

The flying field is situated on the south side of Tonbridge, just off the A21.

Flying Rules for Tonbridge (power)

1. We are able to fly power models at this site from 10am until 2pm on Wednesdays and Sundays, plus 10am to 4pm on Saturdays. In addition silent flight is allowed on Wednesdays, 4pm to dusk.
   
   

On an experimental basis, additional flying times at the Power Site of small,quiet, electric models will be permitted on Mondays,Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between the hours of 10 am and dusk. The conditions attached to these extended flying hours are:
1. Only small, quiet electric models of up to 1.5 metre wingspan will be permitted
2. No lone flying is to take place! Flying can only be undertaken when two or more members are present and provided at least one of them holds a BMFA 'A' certificate.
3. Sound level measurements will be applied if found necessary. In the meantime the initial guidance is for no ducted fans, no pusher props and no high revving motors (I.e. less than 10,000 rpm)


NOTE
If you wish to take the opportunity to fly on these additional 'quiet' flying days would you please take the models you wish to fly, to a normal club day where they can be assessed for suitability and issued with a 'fit to fly' sticker. (If you have your own rev counter please bring it with you).


2. Every full member will be issued with a club identity card, which must be shown to authorised personnel when requested.
   
   
3. A class 1 flyer iIs a member who has passed the BMFA 'A'.certificate of the radio control achievement scheme in the type of aircraft they fly. i.e. fixed wing or helicopter. If a member joins the club with an 'A' certificate then they will fly with a club examiner or instructor to show their standard of flying before going solo. All Student Flyers must only fly on a buddy system until an instructor says they are ready to take the ‘A’ test.
   
   
4. Guest flyers are allowed with prior permission from a committee member. They will pay a day membership and must prove they have BMFA membership. To fly solo they must have a BMFA 'A' certificate and prove their standard of flying as in 3.
   
   
5. Access to the field is by a locked gate; non-members should therefore make prior arrangements if they wish to visit the site
   
   
6. No members are to fly or run engines without an efficient silencer. All aircraft will be tested for sound level before flying for the first time. The maximum permitted sound level is 82db as measured in accordance with the methods detailed in the BMFA handbook. Any changes, i.e. engine or propeller size, then the test must be done again.
   
   
7. The running and flying of gas turbines is not permitted.
   
   
8. Fail-safe’s, where fitted, on I/C and electric fixed wing must be proved to a club examiner, instructor or committee member , to put the throttle to idle or stop in the case of electric, before flying for the first time.
   
   
9. Mobile phones shall not be taken beyond the sign and on to the flight line.
   
   
10. Any glider launch point must be agreed with the power flyers, if present.
    
    
11. Pilots must stand together in the designated areas and no more than 3 powered fixed wing aircraft to fly at any one time.
    
    
12. Helicopter and fixed-wing not to fly on main runway at the same time.
    
    
13. Only one helicopter on the main runway and one on the hovering patch at the same time.