Membership Rules

Club Rules

1.	Membership is on a 3 month probationary period
2.	If any member disregards the club rules or the underlying BMFA safety code or by other action puts the safety of club members or reputation of the club at risk or ceases to be a paid up member of the BMFA then club membership will be cancelled and the balance of the membership fee forfeited.
3.	Membership of the BMFA is a mandatory requirement for membership of this club.
4.	Park only in the designated parking area and not on the road or on the flying strip.
5.	There must be no flying over the car park, pits area or surrounding buildings.
6.	Keep well away from growing crops and grazing livestock.
7.	Children and animals must be supervised at all times and must not be permitted to play on the strip or in the pits area.
8.	Take home all rubbish, broken pieces of helicopter etc. or place in the bin provided.
9.	Club and BMFA membership cards must be carried at all times and produced on request.
10.	Visitors are only permitted to fly on two separate occasions and then only if proof of BMFA membership can be produced and the model complies with the club noise code.
11.	Transmitters must not be switched on unless the frequency is clear and the channel previously claimed by the pilot placing a peg adjacent to the appropriate number on the frequency control board.
12.	Noise level must not exceed 82dB (a weighted, slow response) as measured on the club's noise meter in accordance with the BMFA method (maximum reading of 2 measurements, 7 metres either side crosswind of model hovering at 1 to 2 metres height facing directly into wind. The rotor head speed must not be artificially reduced from that normally used to fly the helicopter as a means of passing the noise test).
13.	Check the condition of the helicopter and transmitter and receiver battery packs before each flight.
14.	Observe club notices posted on the notice boards and in the club house at the flying field.
15.	Assist from time to time with club maintenance duties such as mowing and strimming.
16.	Flying is not permitted outside the hours of: See Flying times
17.	These rules are based on the SAFETY CODE FOR HELICOPTERS AND GENERAL FLYING prepared by the BMFA and should be read in conjunction with that code. Safety is the responsibility of every club member. Members should ask for assistance rather than hope for the best :- model helicopters can be dangerous and are almost always intolerant of poor maintenance, set-up and flying. You must intervene if another club member is flying in a manner which could result in a breach of the club rules, noise code or safety code. Better this than risk injury and/or the loss of the club site issue 3.1