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AMA SAFETY CODE (e
xcerpts)
Read and abide b
y
the f
ollo
wing Academ
y of Model
Aeronautics Official Saf
ety Code:
GENERAL 1.
I will not fly m
y
model aircr
aft in sanctioned
e
v
ents
, air sho
w
s
, or model flying demonstr
ations
until it has been pro
v
en to be airw
or
th
y b
y
ha
ving
been pre
viously successfully flight tested.
2.
I will not fly m
y
model aircr
aft higher than
appro
ximately 400 f
eet within 3 miles of an air
por
t
without notifying the air
por
t oper
ator
.
I will giv
e r
ight
of w
a
y to
, and a
v
oid flying in the pro
ximity of full
scale aircr
aft.
Where necessar
y an obser
v
er shall be
used to super
vise flying to a
v
oid ha
ving models fly in
the pro
ximity of full scale aircr
aft.
3.
Where estab
lished, I will abide b
y
the saf
ety r
ules
for the flying site I use
, and I will not willfully and
deliber
ately fly m
y
models in a careless
, rec
kless
and/or dangerous manner
.
7.
I will not fly m
y
model unless it is identified with m
y
name and address or AMA n
umber
, on or in the model.
9.
I will not oper
ate models with p
yrotechnics (an
y
de
vice that e
xplodes
, b
u
rn
s
, or propels a projectile
of an
y kind).
RADIO CONTR
OL
1
.
I will ha
v
e
completed a successful r
adio
equipment g
round chec
k bef
ore the first flight of a
ne
w or repaired model. 2.
I will not fly m
y
model aircr
aft in the presence of
spectators until I become a qualified flier
, unless
assisted b
y
an e
xper
ienced helper
.
3.
I will perf
o
rm
m
y
initial tur
n after tak
eoff a
w
a
y
from the pit or spectator areas
, and I will not
thereafter fly o
v
er pit or spectator areas
, unless
be
y
ond m
y
control.
4.
I will oper
ate m
y
model using only r
adio control
frequencies currently allo
w
ed b
y
the F
eder
al
Comm
unications Commission...
Since the Giant P-51D Mustang ARF qualifies as a
“giant scale”
model and is theref
ore eligib
le to
fl
y in IMAA e
vents,
we’
ve printed e
xcerpts fr
om
the IMAA Saf
ety Code whic
h
f
ollo
ws.
IMAA SAFETY CODE (e
xcerpts)
Definition: F
o
r the pur
pose of the f
ollo
wing IMAA Saf
ety Code
,
the ter
m Giant Scale shall ref
er to r
adio controlled
model aircr
aft, either scale or non-scale
, which ha
v
e
a wingspan of 80 inches or more f
or monoplanes
and 60 inches or more f
or m
ulti-winged model
aircr
aft and ha
v
e
a r
amp w
eight (fueled and ready to
fly) of 55 lbs
.
or less
.
Section 1.0:
SAFETY ST
AND
ARD
1.1 Adherence to Code:
This saf
ety code is to be
str
ictly f
ollo
w
e
d
1.2
The most current AMA Saf
ety Code in eff
ect is to
be obser
v
ed.
Ho
w
e
v
e
r, the competition sections of
the code ma
y be disregarded.
Section 3.0:
Saf
ety Chec
k
3.4 Flight
T
esting:
All Giant Scale R/C aircr
aft are to
ha
v
e
been flight tested and flight tr
immed with a
minim
um of six flights bef
ore the model is allo
w
ed to
fly at an IMAA Sanctioned e
v
ent.
3.5 Proof of Flight:
The completing and signing of
the Declar
ation section of the Saf
ety Inspection f
o
rm
b
y
the pilot (or o
wner) shall document as f
act that
each aircr
aft has been successfully flight-tested and
pro
v
en airw
or
th
y pr
ior to an IMAA e
v
ent.
Section 5.0:
EMERGENCY ENGINE SHUT OFF
(kill s
witc
h)
5.1 All magneto spar
k ignition engines m
ust ha
v
e
a
coil g
rounding s
witch on the aircr
aft to stop the
engine
.
This will also pre
v
ent accidental star
ting of
the engine
.
This s
witch shall be readily a
v
ailab
le to
both pilot and helper
.
This s
witch is to be oper
ated
man
ually and without the use of the r
adio system.
5.2 Engines with batter
y po
w
er ignition systems
m
ust ha
v
e
a s
w
itch to tur
n off the po
w
er from the
batter
y pac
k to disab
le the engine from fir
ing.
This
will also pre
v
ent accidental star
ting of the engine
.
This s
witch shall be readily a
v
ailab
le to both pilot
and helper
.
This s
witch shall be oper
ated man
ually
and without the use of the Radio System. 5.3
There m
ust also be a means to stop the engine
from the tr
ansmitter
.The most common method is to
close the carb
uretor throat completely using throttle
tr
im.
H
o
w
e
v
er
, other methods are acceptab
le
.
This
requirement applies to all glo
w/gas ignition engines
regardless of siz
e
.
Section 6.0:
RADIO REQ
UIREMENTS
6.1 All tr
ansmitters m
ust be FCC type cer
tified.
6.2 FCC
T
echnician or higher-class license required
fo
r 6 meter band oper
ation only
.
Ad
ditional IMAA General Recommendations The f
ollo
wing recommendations are included in the
Saf
ety Code not to police such items
, b
ut r
a
ther to
off
er basic suggestions f
or enhanced saf
ety
.
Ser
v
os need to be of a r
ating capab
le to handle the
loads that the control surf
aces impose upon the
ser
v
o
s
.
Standard ser
v
os are not recommended f
o
r
control surf
aces
.
Ser
v
os should be r
ated hea
vy-duty
.
F
o
r flight-cr
itical control functions a minim
um of 45
inch/ounces of torque should be considered.
This
should be considered a minim
um f
or smaller aircr
aft
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