Club Rules
Regarding the buildings
1. Members are reminded to take their rubbish away with them when they leave. Please do not
rely on others to do it for you! 
2. Please look after the all buildings, the kitchen and toilet facilities are to be kept clean at all times. Please leave them how you would like to find them.
3. Remember that no models to be prepared for flight/maintained in the lean-to.
4. Remember that no models to be prepared for flight/maintained in the cabin.
5. No sleeping or over night drinking to be carried out anywhere on the site.
6. Only members will be given the access codes to the locks on the buildings.
7. Members are asked not to divulge access codes to non-members of the club.
Regarding flying
1. BMFA Insurance must be carried by all pilots flying at the club.
2. An 'A' certificate is not mandatory to fly at the club but is preferred and members will be encouraged to take their 'A' with one of the club instructors. Of course members who fly in an unsafe manner which is a danger to themselves and others will be advised to fly correctly.
3. Anyone under the age of 18 should be accompanied by an adult at all times.
4. Frequency control: Pilots using 35 MHz should display their frequency peg clearly identifying their name on the peg board in the lean-to. Their transmitter should display the appropriate coloured flag of the frequency they are flying on. Pilots using 2.4Ghz must also use a peg displaying their name and placed on the peg board whilst flying.
5. Flying times must be obeyed at all times there are no exceptions. See flying times link
6. Pilots should refrain from flying over dead space areas designated by the plan displayed in the lean-to.
7. Pilots shoulld not start or test the engines of their aircraft in the lean-to or the area adjacent to it. Testing or starting of engines in readiness to flight should be carried out in the designated areas only.
8. New pilots may be asked to fly to the satisfaction of a club instructor.
9. Members can fly by themselves however, they are responsible for their own safety and the safety of the local farm workers and community.
10. When more than one aircraft is being flown at any one time the pilots should agree whether the circuit being flown is clockwise or anticlockwise in order avoid mid air collisions.
11. Any mid air collisions should be treated as a risk which we all enter into and accept as part of flying and pilots concerned will cover there own costs of repair.
12. The club does not have a weight restriction on aircraft flown but the size is restricted to the physical limit of the size of the field.
13. BMFA noise limits must be adhered to at all times. The club will check the noise levels produced from a model in accordance with the BMFA rule book.
14. Notwithstanding the noise levels produced by a model the club reserves the right to refuse to let its pilot fly it if it is suspected it may cause a complaint to be made by any member of the local community.
15. Please remember the club windsock should be used when flying at the site.
16. Aircraft should be sacrificed in preference to the risk of injury to people, cattle or wildlife.
17. If any incident does occur then a member of the committee is to be informed as soon as possible whether they are present at the club or not. The incident should be recorded in the flight diary kept in the cabin at all times.
Flying Protocol
1. Aircraft should be checked prior to flight as to airworthiness in accordance with the guidelines in the BMFA rule book.
2. The pilot should check that no one is flying on the same frequency if 35Mhz before preparing their aircraft and attempting to fly.
3. The frequency peg should be displayed on the peg board in the appropriate position in the lean-to.
4. Pilots should carry their model to the engine starting area.
5. Models must be adequately restrained prior to starting the engine.
6. Models with engines started should not be taxied to the strip ready for take off they must be carried. If necessary the pilot should seek the assistance of a fellow member as a helper.
7. The pilot should call "on the strip" to place his aircraft in position for takeoff.
8. Taxiing should only be carried out on the strip.
9. Once take off has been achieved the pilot should return to the pilots box and all pilots stand so that communication can be maintained at all times during flight.
10. Any low passes should be called "low pass".
11. Landings take priority over any other manoeuvre and the pilot should call "landing on" when preparing to land at least pne circuit in advance of landing.
12. Pilots should call "dead stick" if there engine fails and priority given to the pilot landing this aircraft over any other manoeuvre.
13. Once an aircraft has landed the pilot retrieving his model should call "on the strip" to warn other pilots of his presence on the runway.
14. Acknowledgement of all calls should be made by all pilots flying at that particular time.
15. The retrieving pilot should clear the runway as soon as possible after retrieving his aircraft.
16. The model should be switched off as soon as possible after clearing the runway and under no circumstances should the transmitter be turned off before the model!
17. The retrieved model should be located in the parking area or if necessary to the repair/preparation tables.
Flying Area
This is designated as being in front of the pilots box. However, new pilots will be advised of this or reminded if necessary. Dead space is designated as being over the pilots head or over the cabins,
Flying to be restricted to the proper flying areas at all times.