Does your club make it mandatory for each plane you fly to have a "fail safe gadget" on it that cuts your throttle in case of interference or low batteries while you are flying?

yes or no

Not yet it does not. However, judging by the last meeting, that is about to change for certain aircraft. We have been discussing making requirements for aircraft with over a certain wing span and over a certain weight. We don't allow turbines because we are on public land as well as having a totally grass runway and surrounding area.

Even though we are in New Jersey.. and there is more to New Jersey than Newark and Hoboken.. we are in the pine barens in the central to southern part of the state, and as such are subject to forest fire warnings and severe dry spells. So, no turbines.

Recently, there was a proposal to have a large scale event at our main field. We talked about it and are going to shelve it for this year because of several issues. One was noise, and another is the on-going fail safe issue that seems to pop up quite frequently.

I use the Spektrum DX7 which has a throttle fail-safe system built in. When the user binds it to the RX, it remembers the position of the throttle when a signal is lost. So, it's up to the user to make sure that the throttle is closed. Either idle or shut down. So, I do use fail-safe, a basic fail safe, but it works.

CGr.

No, but the practice is encouraged if you have the capability.

It is required nationally in the UK for models over 7kg. in weight.