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Useful information for
new/trainee flyers:
Unfortunately,
owing to a shortage of Instructors, it is no longer possible to guarantee
trainees a personal dedicated Instructor. New members requiring training are
invited to attend any (or all) of the flying sessions with their
model and request help from any of the other members at the site. In this
way you will gain experience and proceed to the ‘A’ standard. This
system cannot, of course, guarantee flying for you at every session but
has worked well for many years.
Up
and Away
The BMFA booklet for new flyers. Please read this; it will help make sense
of what your Instructor is saying!
The
"A" test schedule
This is what you are trying to achieve
Test
standards for Examiners and guidance for Candidates
Detailed explanation of what is required when attempting the "A"
test.
Mobile Phones
At the Club Meeting on June
6, 2005 it was agreed that we comply with the BMFA guidelines on mobile
phones. This means that, effective immediately, no active mobile phones
should be in the pits or on the square -- fixed wing and helicopter.
Please turn off your phones as you approach the squares. If you want to
use your phone you must walk at least 10 feet away from the square. For
those members or guests who wish to leave their phones on to receive
incoming calls we have erected phone pigeon holes near each square.
The BMFA Safety Bulletin is
repeated below:
USE OF MOBILE
TELEPHONES IN PROXIMITY TO ELECTRONICALLY PROGRAMMED TRANSMITTERS
The JRCUC has reported there may be a
problem associated with operating mobile telephones in the close proximity
of programmable transmitters causing the memories to be partly or fully
erased. This problem has yet to be scientifically substantiated; however,
it is generally known that RF radiation can disable or permanently damage
some modern electronic devices.
Although the risk may be small, we believe
it should be minimised by bringing it to the attention of members and
clubs. Pending resolution, we recommend that mobile telephones are not
switched on within 10 feet of any programmable transmitter. This may
appear to be overkill, but better safe than sorry. Care should be taken
during pre-flight checks to ensure that all controls are operating fully
and in their correct sense and to ensure that the memory has not been
affected by any undetected or unknown transmissions since the last flight.
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