AIRMASTERS RADIO CONTROL CLUB, Inc.,
AMA CHARTER 2814

I. General Provisions

1. Use of the flying field is restricted to club members and their guests.
2. Everyone at the flying field must abide by the club's field rules.
3. The Official National AMA Safety Code is an integral part of the club's field rules.

II. Pilots

1. Permission to fly solo is restricted to current AMA members who can pass the test of
proficiency described below (II, 3).
2. Club members or their guests may fly using a buddy box yoked to a radiating transmitter in
the hands of a qualified instructor.
3. In order to qualify to fly solo, a pilot must demonstrate two things to his/her instructor's (or the club's Safety Coordinator's) satisfaction: (a) a basic knowledge of these rules, and (b) the ability to make three, successive, unaided takeoffs and landings, without incident--twice, on two different days.

III. Spectators and Visitors

1. Spectators must remain under the shelter or behind the fence separating the pits from the
parking area.
2. Visiting AMA members qualified to fly solo (see II, 3) are welcome to fly up to five days a /year
as guests, at the pleasure of the membership. Relatives or out-of-town guests of a club
member may fly with their host up to ten days a/year.

IV. Radio Frequency Control

1. Pilots must use narrow-band radios in the 72 MHz range (channels 11-60), or be FCC licensed
(HAM) operators using the amateur-service radio frequencies 50 MHz (channels 00 - 09).
Please note this 50MHz frequency is also used by ground boats and car/trucks. 27Mhz
channel A1 – A6 (mostly use by park flyers), plus the new 2.4 GHz Frequency.
2. Radio transmitters must be switched off and kept in the impound area when not in use. See
above (IV).
3. Before leaving a transmitter in the impound area, a pilot must ascertain that it is switched off.
4. Before turning on any transmitter at the field, the corresponding frequency pin (the one
bearing the same channel number as the transmitter) must be removed from the frequency
control board and attached to that transmitter. The pin must remain with the transmitter
while in use.
5. When one transfers a frequency pin from the frequency control board to a transmitter, one's
current membership card (Airmasters or AMA) must be clipped to the frequency board in
place of the pin. This identity card remains on the board until the frequency pin is replaced.
6. If anyone causes an accident by failing to follow rules 3 - 5 above, the pilot he (she) will be
liable for all losses. If more than one person is at fault (e.g., one violates rule 4 while another
violates 5), they share the liability.
7. Pilots sharing a common frequency (channel) should inform each other of that fact and
cooperate in the interest of safety.
8. Use of a frequency pin (channel) is limited to 15 minutes when others are waiting to fly on that
channel.

V. Flight Restrictions

1. Flying over the pits or the spectator and parking areas is forbidden.
2. A maximum of four (4) aircraft are allowed in the air at one time.  Exceptions may be made (at
the discretion of the Safety Coordinator) for special occasions.
3. High-speed, low-level passes over the runway are forbidden. Exceptions may be made (at the
discretion of the Safety Coordinator) for specific demonstrations flown at, and for, the
pleasure of the other members present at the field.
4. Fast aerobatic maneuvers directly above the middle half of the runway that aim the airplanes
heading, even temporarily, toward the pits is forbidden.
5. Turbine engines are forbidden (they pose a fire hazard).

VI. Runway and Pits Procedures

1. Airplanes must be physically restrained while starting and running up their engines.
2. Airplanes must not be taxied through the pits at any time, either before takeoffs or after
landings. Large aircraft may taxi out of the pit area under hand control of the aircraft until I
reaches the entrance to the runway.
3. The runway area is to be used for all takeoffs and landings.
4. Takeoffs and landings must be in the direction indicated by the sign located near the middle of
the field. If the wind direction does not meet the pilots’ takeoff abilities that pilot needs to ask
all pilots flying if they can change the takeoff direction. All pilots flying must agree or that
pilot must wait till the others are done flying.
5. Before taxiing out to take off, a pilot must advise those flying that they he (she) is going to be
taking off.
6. Before walking onto the runway, a person must advise those flying that there is a going to be a
person "Man (Woman) “on the runway,” and then get on and off the field as quickly as
possible.

VII. Flight-Line Procedures

1. While flying, pilots must stand at one of the four designated pilot stations. If a pilot stands on
the runway to take off (e.g., to hand-launch a power aircraft/glider or simply to ensure a safe
takeoff), the pilot he (she) should go to a pilot station once the plane is safely airborne.
2. When three or more pilots are flying at the same time they should generally fly in the same
clockwise or counterclockwise pattern, with the up-wind leg being above the runway and the
downwind leg being farther out.
3. When a pilot plans to land or do touch and goes they he (she) must advise other pilots on the
flight line of his/her intentions.
4. A pilot forced to make a dead-stick landing must shout out the words "dead-stick" so that
others, including those standing far out on the runway, can hear the warning and yield the
right-of-way.
5. Use of a pilot station is limited to 15 minutes (per flight) when others are waiting to fly.
6. The four pilot stations must be shared equitably, with those pilots having flown deferring to
those who have not; when others are waiting, pilots should stand down ten minutes between
flights to allow those waiting a chance to fly.
7. Flight instructors should generally limit training flights to ten minutes each, with three flights
per student per day.
8. All pilots must observe what type of flying is already taking place and wait for a break in
flying so as not to cause a mid air collision. Use common sense, courtesy and exercise care
before and during flying.

VIII. Noise Control

1. Mufflers or sound-muffling exhaust pipes are required on engines that are .090 c.i. or larger.
2. Engines that require long periods of run time in order to test, adjust or break them in must be
done in the designed test area at the south west end of the pit area.

IX. Safety Coordinator

1. The club's Safety Coordinator is authorized to investigate alleged rule violations and to
dispense appropriate counseling, warnings or reprimands as needed. Any member who
repeatedly ignores the Safety Coordinator's counsel is to be considered to be in flagrant
violation of the rules and will be issued a written notice to that effect by the President in
consultation with the Safety Coordinator. If a member in flagrant violation of the rules
continues to violate the rules, his flying privileges will be suspended, at the discretion of the
President in consultation with the Safety Coordinator and the Board of Directors. A member
may appeal to the Board of Directors to have his flying privileges reinstated.
2. The Safety Coordinator may put an airplane or a pilot on probation at a moment's notice
stipulating that specific steps be taken to resolve a hazardous situation; for example, "This
airplane must not be flown until it passes a radio range test," or "You must not fly solo when
the wind is out of the west until you can land safely from the east;” get an instructor to help
you.  The plane or pilot comes off probation automatically once the remedial steps have
resolved the hazard. If a claimed hazard is in dispute, the Board of Directors is the final
arbiter.
3. The club's flight instructors are deputized to fill in for the Safety Coordinator in is/her absence.

X. Pre-Flight Inspection of New and Rebuilt Airplanes

1. A new or rebuilt airplane must pass a thorough pre-flight inspection at the field before it is test
flown.
2. The plane's owner should ask the Safety Coordinator or a flight instructor to double-check
this inspection.

XI. Helicopter

1. No flying from the main runway without proficiency signoff and no hovering over main
runway when aircraft are being flown.
2. Beginners should go to the far end of the North/South runway and practice hovering away
from the pit area and away from the East/West runway. Do not enter into the airspace of the
main runway with aircraft flying.
3. Flight maneuvers must be done at a safe height and distance from the pit area for the specific
level of competency, (if this is not voluntarily adhered to then the Safety Coordinator or Club
Official’s have an obligation to remind the pilot what must be done).
4. A crash in or near the pits result in a mandatory discussion with chopper officials and safety
coordinator for a refresher on the height and distance displacement requirements.
5. Test conductors designated by the Airmasters Board of Directors will give this test. The test
must be administered at Airmasters club field (weather permitting). Before taking this test,
study and understand current Official AMA National Model Aircraft Safety Code in your
AMA membership Manual and make sure you also read and understand the current
Airmasters field and Flight Rules.
6. When you and your test conductor are confident with your performance and knowledge of
ground and safety rules, you will be ready to take your pilot proficiency test, Contact the
Airmasters Safety coordinator for a list of designated test conductor/s. The test is straight
forward and consists of the following:

(a) Carry out preflight safety checks of the helicopter to include range check, check for cracked or missing parts, check the helicopter and transmitter’s batteries for proper battery voltages and the helicopter is fueled.
(b) Start the engine in a safe and secure manner, check that the Idle up switch is
disengaged and hold head to keep main blades from inadvertently spinning up, and
carry the helicopter to the flight line in a safe manner.
(c) Engage the hold head to start the rotor system to rotate to ground idle speed.
(d) Smoothly life off into a stable hover, hover for one minute.
(e) Fly left and right (tail in) below 20 feet maintaining speed and height.
(f) Fly left and right (side on) below 20 feet maintaining speed and height.
(g) From a hover, transition to forward flight rising above 20 feet and terminate in a hover
approximate 50 feet away.
(h) From a hover at 20 feet altitude return the helicopter to the initial take off location
performing a controlled decent.
(h) Fly two figure eight patterns with the crossover point in front of the pilot. Altitude and
speed need to be constant.
(j) Perform a controlled decent beginning at a safe height (approx. 50 feet away).
(k) Remove model from flight line and complete post flight check.