FCRCC Safety Guidelines |
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Written by Ted Toothaker |
Thursday, 05 June 2014 14:07 |
WELCOME TO FCRCC RULES AND GUIDELINESFAA REQUIRED PERMISSION TO OPERATE WITHIN 5 MILES OF AN ACTIVE AIRPORT DOCUMENTATION CAN BE FOUND HERE -> PLEASE REVIEW THE UPDATED SAFETY SIGN (7/2016) LOCATED ONTHE FRONT OF THE CLUBHOUSELinks to AMA documentation can be found at the bottom of the page IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, INCLUDING FIRE AND/OR MEDICAL PLEASE FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW. THESE ARE ALSO POSTED IN THE CLUBHOUSE WITH CONTACT INFORMATION:IN CASE OF FIRE:
IN CASE OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY:
EMERGENCY CONTACTS: PLEASE SEE UPDATED PROCEDURES AT THE FIELD. 2018 Safety Officer - Robert RigbyPlease be mindful that each and every one of our members is really a Safety Officer themselves. If you see something that isn't Safe, please don't hesitate to speak up. Safety is the Life of our club and being Unsafe just once, could be the End of FCRCC. We would like to express that we are not in any way, shape or form, attempting to take the FUN out of the hobby. FUN is what brings us to the field and gets us to come together to do something that we all truly enjoy. The following Guidelines, Rules and Regulations are set as "Common Sense" items that everyone should be considering while piloting an RC aircraft (here or any field). These rules are both general and specific to our flying site and the conditions that may arise being that we are close to the airport. SAFETY is our main goal, regardless of rules. If there is a Safety issue regarding our aircraft with people and/or scale aircraft it could very well be the end of FCRCC as we know it. With that being said, I would like to preemptively thank everyone for being cognoscente of COMMON SENSE, SAFETY and FUN! Please be mindful of the rules below and LET'S GO FLYING!!!! -Ted T. SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL RULES(Effective Jan 01, 2014)
THESE RULES ARE SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT DURING CLUB SANCTION EVENTSFIELD MAPSEE AND AVOID GUIDANCE (AMA Doc 540-D)A. General: 1. The Primary means to avoid collisions between all aircraft flying within our National Airspace System (NAS) is "See and Avoid" 2. Vigilance must be maintained by each person operating an aircraft (whether model or manned) so as to "see and avoid" other aircraft 3. Model aircraft must avoid manned aircraft. Our privilege to fly model aircraft in the NAS depends on our commitment to remain "well clear" of manned aircraft. 4. Simply avoiding an actual collision is not enough. A "near miss" is not acceptable. 5. Unless flying at a mixed-use site where manned and model aircraft routinely share airspace through their own site-specific rules, model aircraft must fly sufficiently far away from manned aircraft so as not to create a collision hazard. 6. Model aircraft flying must not only be safe, it must be perceived to be safe by the greater manned aviation community. Modelers must continually demonstrate their respect for the safety of manned aircraft by remaining vigilant and well clear. 7. Whenever a potential conflict arises between model aircraft and manned aircraft, the pilot of the model aircraft must always give way to the manned aircraft. 8. The pilot of a model aircraft must never assume the pilot of a manned aircraft can see the model or will perform any maneuver to avoid the model's flight path 9. Visual Line of Sight is required by the Safety Code. It means that visual contact with the aircraft must be maintained without enhancement other than by corrective lenses prescribed for the model aircraft pilot. All RC flying must remain clear of clouds, smoke or any other obstruction to the line of sight. 10. "Blue Sky" is a term used to explain the method used to increase separation between a model and a manned aircraft in the same vicinity. The modeler should maneuver the aircraft in such a way as to increase the amount of "Blue Sky" perceived between the model and the manned aircraft. By increasing the "Blue Sky" separation, the question about depth perception is taken out of the equation and the modeler need not worry whether the model is closer to him than the manned aircraft or further away. Increasing the "Blue Sky" between the model and the manned aircraft automatically increases separation between them. 11. A modeler should never place any consideration for the well-being of the model aircraft above the safety of manned aircraft. Maneuvering to avoid the conflict may require that the model aircraft be sacrificed. 12. Free flight models should not be launched with relativity to low altitude manned aircraft in sight and downwind or headed downwind from the launch site. B. Spotters: 1. Before a flight, the pilot must insure that the spotter understands his/her duties and expectations. 2. A spotter should be used to assist in monitoring the surrounding airspace for manned aircraft whenever a flight is expected to exceed 400 feet above the ground and that operation is expected to be in proximity to known manned aircraft traffic. Examples include, operation at a mixed-use facility or within 3 miles of an airport. The spotter must have sufficient visual acuity and be mature enough to take this responsibility very seriously. 3. A spotter should also be prepared to assist his/her pilot in the event that another model aircraft or spectators become endangered or in turn are perceived to be a danger to the pilot or the pilot's model aircraft. 4. If a model aircraft pilot experiences what he or she considers a near miss, with a manned aircraft, that model aircraft pilot should notify AMA, that model aircraft pilot should notify AMA Headquarters with a written report of the incident, including action taken by the model aircraft pilot to avoid the manned aircraft. This report is intended to help the modeler, the club, and the AMA capture as much detail as possible so that it may be used to assist all parties in recalling the particulars of the incident at a later time. Call 1-800-435-9262 (1-800-IFLYAMA) extension 230 or 251 for assistance with this report.
THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE TO BE REFERENCED ANDINCLUDED IN THE GUIDELINES ABOVEAMA SAFETY CODE http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/105.pdfAMA 2018 UPDATED SAFETY MANUAL http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/100.pdf AMA "See and Avoid Guidance" http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/540-D.pdfAMA COMBAT SAFETY CODE http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/525.pdf AMA MEMBERSHIP MANUAL http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/memanual.pdf |
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