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AMA SAFETY CODE (
EXCERPTS
)
Read and abide b
y
the f
ollo
w
ing e
xcer
pts from the
Academ
y of Model Aeronautics Saf
ety Code
.
F
or the
complete Saf
ety Code ref
er to Model A
v
iation
magazine
, the AMA w
eb site or the Code that came
with y
our AMA license
.
General 1)
I will not fly m
y
model aircr
aft in sanctioned
e
v
ents
, air sho
ws
, 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
right-of-w
a
y
and a
v
oid flying in the pro
ximity of full-
scale aircr
aft.
Where necessar
y,
an obser
v
er shall
be utiliz
ed 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
.
5)
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.
Note:
This does not apply to models while
being flo
wn indoors
.
7)
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
o
l
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
x
per
ienced helper
.
3)
At all flying sites a str
aight or cur
v
ed line(s) m
ust
be estab
lished in front of which all flying tak
es
place with the other side f
or spectators
.
Only
personnel in
v
olv
ed with flying the aircr
aft are
allo
w
ed at or in the front of the flight line
.Intentional
flying behind the flight line is prohibited.
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.
5)
I will not kno
wingly oper
ate m
y
model within three
miles of an
y pre-e
xisting flying site e
xcept in
accordance with the frequency shar
ing ag
reement
listed [in the complete AMA Saf
ety Code].
9)
Under no circumstances ma
y a pilot or other person
touch a po
w
e
red model in flight;
nor should an
y par
t
of the model other than the landing gear
, intentionally
touch the g
round, e
xcept while landing.
IMAA SAFETY CODE (
EXCERPTS
)
Since the Cessna 310 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
o
llo
ws.
What is Giant Scale? The concept of large or giant-scale is gener
ally
considered to apply to r
adio controlled model aircr
aft
with minim
um wingspans of 80 inches f
o
r monoplanes
and 60 inches f
or m
u
lti-wing aircr
aft.
Quar
ter-scale or
larger replicas of person-carr
ying aircr
aft with proper
documentation (minim
um 3-vie
w dr
a
w
ing) which do
not fit the siz
e
requirements will also be per
mitted.
Section 1.0:
SAFETY ST
AND
ARD
1.1
Adherence to Code:
The pur
pose of this Saf
ety
Code is to pro
vide a str
ucture whereb
y all
par
ticipants
, including spectators
, will be a
w
are of
the inherent dangers in the oper
ation of r
adio
controlled aircr
aft.
This code is meant to ser
ve
as a
minim
um guideline to all par
ticipants
.
It is
understood that the ultimate responsibility f
o
r the
saf
ety of an
y aircr
aft lies with the o
wner(s), pilot(s)
and spectator(s) in
volv
ed in an
y e
vent.
It is the
responsibility of all par
ticipants to e
xercise caution
when oper
ating, or obser
ving the oper
ation of all
radio controlled aircr
aft.
The pilot/o
wner of an
aircr
aft will not be dissuaded from taking whate
ve
r
steps the
y deem necessar
y, in addition to this
code
, to insure that their aircr
aft is saf
e
.
1.2
The most current AMA Saf
ety Code in eff
ect is to
be obser
v
ed.
Section 3.0:
SAFETY REVIEW
3.4
Flight
T
esting:
All aircr
aft are to ha
v
e
been flight
tested and flight tr
immed with a minim
um of six
(6) 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 Re
vie
w f
o
rm
(see
Section 3.2) b
y
the pilot (or o
wner) shall
document, as f
act, that the noted aircr
a
ft has been
successfully flight tested and pro
v
en airw
or
th
y
pr
ior to the IMAA e
v
ent.
Section 4.0:
SPO
TTER/HELPER
4.1
Spotter/Helper Definition:
An assistant to aid the
pilot dur
ing star
t-up
, and taxing onto the r
unw
a
y.
The spotter/helper will assist the pilot in completing a saf
e flight.
4.2
Each pilot is required to ha
v
e
a spotter/helper at all
IMAA sanctioned e
v
ents
.
The e
v
ent Saf
ety
Committee should be prepared to assist those pilots who do not ha
v
e
a spotter/helper to mak
e
sure that e
v
er
y registered pilot has the oppor
tunity
to fly at a sanctioned e
v
ent.
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