SEQUIM R/C AERONAUTS FIELD AND SAFETY REGULATIONS

The following field rules and safety regulations are in addition to the AMA safety regulations posted at the field.

  1. Current AMA card or proof of application is required. All AMA assigned frequencies are allowed.
  2. Transmitters shall not be turned on without the possession of the appropriate frequency pin. Anyone responsible for the loss of another flier’s airplane by turning on a transmitter without the appropriate pin shall be financially responsible. When taking a pin, an Aeronauts Club Membership card should be left under the pin holder and guests will use their AMA card.
  3. All flying will be done from behind the flight line, an imaginary line from the west pit fence and north to the irrigation ditch.
  4. When flying your aircraft, including gliders, you must always keep the aircraft west of the flight line.
  5. Starting of engines in preparation for flight must be done in the pit area west of the ditch. Prolonged engine work and break in should be done with consideration to others. Please check with club officers.
  6. Any member who wants to fly alone may do so for any reason, i.e., new or repaired aircraft, student, etc. Such activities should be cleared with all others at the field. These flights should not exceed 10 minutes. All flights should be limited to 15 minutes when others are waiting for your frequency.
  7. When more than one person is flying, communications between pilots is of the utmost importance. Each pilot must announce, in a voice LOUD enough for all pilots to hear, situations or maneuvers listed below:
    1. Emergency situation
    2. Landing
    3. Taking off
    4. Person on the field
    5. Airplane down
  8. Flight line priorities shall be:
    1. Emergency situation
      Dead stick, control problems, radio interference, or any situation which causes an unsafe condition.
    2. Landing
      When any aircraft is on final approach, any takeoff or retrieval of an aircraft must wait until the landing plane has touched down and completed its run-out.
    3. Takeoff
    4. Person on the field
      Retrieval of a plane after landing.
    5. Airplane down
      The pilot of a downed plane feels it is unsafe to retrieve the plane while others are flying. That pilot has the right to request all planes to land.
  9. Pilots wishing to make touch and go landings will do so with no more than one additional aircraft flying. Touch and go landings will be conducted using the AMA landing pattern.
  10. Aerobatics and low passes will be performed on the river (west) side of the runway, unless otherwise approved by the club Safety Officers for special events.
  11. Safety Officers are all club members in good standing who are qualified pilots. Safety Officers will enforce all club and AMA safety rules and regulations.
  12. Engine noise – All engines shall meet the club regulations of 94db at 25 feet. The measurement shall be taken on the downwind side of the aircraft, perpendicular to the propeller over a grass surface. The meter set on “A”, slow response, held 12” above the ground. Aircraft not meeting these specifications will not be allowed to fly.
  13. Taxing:
    1. You may taxi inside the pit area only with physical control of the aircraft (holding the tail).
    2. The pilot may taxi without physical control from the pit exit or the flight line to the point on the runway where takeoff will begin, which point must be north of all pilots on the flight line (if taking off to the north).
    3. After landing, the pilot may taxi the plane to the pilot’s location on the flight line, where the engine will be shut down and the plane taken manually to the pit area.
  14. There will be no consumption of alcoholic beverages by anyone actively flying or assisting at the flying site.
  15. Penalties for gross violations of the safety rules will be determined by the club membership at the next club meeting.
  16. Pilot qualifications:
    1. New members must be qualified by a club officer or an instructor before being allowed to fly alone.
    2. The club trainers are to be used by the club instructors only.
    3. Any beginning flyer must have a qualified instructor or qualified pilot with him/her, using a “buddy box”, during all flying of any model at a designated club field until an instructor signifies that the student is satisfactorily qualified to solo, and does so successfully.
    4. Instructors who qualify pilots shall notify the club President, and the qualified pilot will receive their wings at the next meeting.
    5. Qualifications well be the prescribed flight test, satisfying the instructor that the pilot can fly the plane in a safe manner, and is aware of the field and safety rules.
    6. Pilots who have not qualified CANNOT FLY ALONE at any time.
  17. Flight Instructors:
    1. Are selected by the membership
    2. Instruct unqualified pilots
    3. Inspect new aircraft for safety
    4. Give flight test to members seeking their wings
    5. Assist members in any phase of the hobby
    6. Teach field and safety rules
  18. Animals of members and guests shall not be allowed in the flying area or any part of the pit area. Aforesaid animals shell be tethered or leashed and limited to the area behind the fence on the east side of the irrigation ditch.


I have read, understand, and agree to the above rules and AMA regulations.


Name______________________________ AMA #_________ Date_______