Updated RC Turbine Checklist for your consideration. Feel free to use it to make your own checklist, take it as is, or disregard. I'm still interested to see if anyone else has a checklist they use as a training aid for new turbine pilots. As a volunteer RC instructor pilot this checklist will help me give students a repeatable standard born from recommendations by those in this hobby we look up to.

Just like with full scale jets, a checklist is a good way to make sure everything important is briefed to the crew and completed on time. If we fly at an AMA approved flying site as part of an AMA chartered club we are required to use a spotter while flying RC turbines...so the two of us are a crew at that point.

Our increasingly critical political environment, in general and in our clubs, will require more vigilence. How our club members perceive us as jet pilots is almost as important as how safe we really are.

Your thoughts? What do you use as "memory joggers" to safely operate your turbine models?

Jet stick planes are the next step in club proficiency...practicing a flight before performing it will help people visualize maneuvers and remove ambiguity. I got these from Callie's Graphics. She prints vinyl that matches your jet exactly, if you want. She can also do some generic schemes (www.callie-graphics.com).

***Updated RC Turbine Checklist*** to incorporate Sparhawk's recommendation...RX off first, then TX. If your system requires something different, modify the checklist for your needs. Thanks Sparhawk!