Lots of comments about different people breaking the 'rules', Club rules whatever.

All of us do not have clubs to fly at, and some of us may be flying with a bunch of guys and have no set rules. We all like to think we have 'some' common sense but it would be nice to see a set of comprehensive safety rules that could be printed off for reference and possibly used as a guideline for some flyers that are just staring a club.

I have been observing at a local club and there is a great difference in just some of the safety things I read about here and observe in practice locally.

Has RCU made or consider compiling a permanent set of comprehensive safety rules and made them easy to find like possibly RCU Magazine ? It may already exist and I have not found it, it not pass the idea to someone who could make it happen.

Some people act unsafely or allow dangerous conditions to exist just because they did not know better, due to lack of experience/contact with larger organized groups. The knowledge at this site is awesome.

Sounds like a good idea in theory, they would have to be pretty generic though.

ok from my club how about.

Do not fly over the car park.
If you go dead stick call out "Dead stick" so the other guys know comming in NOW.
Do NOT just wonder on to the runway without telling others on the flight line.
Always put your key in the frequency board before turning on radio.

our club rules can be found at www.rcflyers.net we're a pretty laid back club so you wont find some of the up tight rules at some clubs.
our club also did away with safety officers, it was found that either they wernt there, or were told where to shove it if they pointed out something, even if one or two flyers asked about a planes repair when it looked like just tape! we were met with much verbal, with no powers we couldnt do anything about it.

now every flyer is responsible for their own safety and the safety of others, so if theres a problem you'll face a whold load of flyers and anyone can say thats unsafe, you aint flying. ok its not perfect, still get some dangerous flying, and some questionable planes ( love to put those guys in a anal US club ) but it seams to work well, at least theres no verbal fights anymore and everyone gets along, safety has also improved with this

phillybaby: From you clubs rules the following were unclear
The ( ? ) items terms mean nothing to me.


1) (Safety standards ?) are mandatory on all members and visitors.
2) A ( transmitter pound system ?) will be operated at all times.
3) The members will indicate the (position to be used ?) for a bungee launch. ?)
3)No radio flyer will operate an A/C without( frequency clearance ?)
Only 35mhz will be used for displays. Pilots must hold a ‘B’ certificate or it’s equivalent.
4)repeated breeches of the (BMFA safety guideline ?) or club rules,
5)Novice flyers are not to fly solo on club sites unless authorized by an examiner or passing the ‘A’ or it’s equivalent standard.

Good Info: BMFA Fixed Wing 'A' Certificate
BMFA Fixed Wing 'B' Certificate
(both are informative test routines) Any special privileges for a B Cert holder.(gets to park his rigs in the shade, first dibs on the donuts.....?)}
I will do a search on BMFA. (edit: Visited site no printed rules/guidelines so #4 is an unknown other than club rules)

Hi All,

The BMFA is the British Model Flying Association.

There is a lot of good information on their site http://www.bmfa.org/

Cheers

Hi

This is the home page of the Club I am in the process of joining

http://widnesmfc.tripod.com/

There's a link to the Flying Field Rules in the left column. Hope it gives a flovour of UK style clubs.

Cheers

Not my club, but check under Club Safety.

http://www.bluemaxrc.com/

safety standards...... good question means dont be a dumb ass, your looking after your self.

Transmitter pound, the trannys are all put together at the back of the pits, by the peg board, it reduces the cahnce of switching on without the peg and leaving the transmitter on afterwards. at events a person looks after the pound and enforces it.

you use a bungee for launching gliders, the peg is up wind out the way of planes landing, and the pilot must launch from a set point, mine was 300M!!!! peg in the coner of the field and i stood on the patch to launch

Frequency clearence means you must have the peg to fly, we use a peg off system, no peg, no fly

We're not a BMFA club, but we use the guidelines, you've got links to those already


As for the B test thing, its a joke, the B flyers only get to fly at displays and teach if they want to.

BMFA handbook looks good. It downloads PFD from:
http://www.bmfa.org/handbook/images/...ok_nov2002.pdf

Look forward to reading...

Model Aeronautics Association of Canada (MAAC)
Minimum field layout
Ideal field layout
Safety Code
Safety guidelines for field operations

-----------------
My club's rules

I have visited every site and downloaded. They all differ in some respects. Thanks for the assist. Keep them coming.

Here's a link to my club's Safety Rules page.

http://www.cmrcm.org/modules.php?nam...showpage&pid=3

Dennis-