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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
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) 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
wingl
y operate m
y
model within
three miles of an
y pre-e
xisting fl
ying site e
xcept in
accor
dance with the frequenc
y sharing a
greement
listed
[in the complete AMA Saf
ety Code].
9) Under no circumstances ma
y a pilot or other
person touch a po
w
ered model in flight;
nor should
an
y par
t of the model other than the landing
g
ear
,
intentionall
y touc
h the gr
ound,
e
xcept
while landing.
IMAA CODE
IMAA SAFETY CODE (e
xcerpts)
Since the Piper Arr
o
w
qualifies as a
“
giant-scale
”
model and is theref
ore eligib
le to fl
y in IMAA
e
vents,
we
’ve printed e
x
cerpts fr
om the IMAA
Saf
ety Code that ma
y appl
y to this model.
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
ulti-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
wing) 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
v
e
as a
minim
um guideline to all par
ticipants
.It is understood
that the ultimate responsibility f
or the saf
ety of an
y
aircr
aft lies with the o
wner(s), pilot(s) and
spectator(s) in
v
o
lv
ed in an
y e
v
ent.
It is the
responsibility of all par
ticipants to e
x
ercise 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
v
er steps
the
y
deem necessar
y,
in addition to this code
, to
insure that their aircr
aft is saf
e
.
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
aft 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.
SECTION 5.0:
EMERGENCY ENGINE SHUT OFF
(Kill Switc
h)
5.3
There m
ust also be a means to stop the engine
from the tr
ansmitter
.
The most common method is to
completely close the carb
uretor throat using throttle
tr
im, ho
w
e
v
er other methods are acceptab
le
.
This
requirement applies to all glo
w/gas ignition engines
regardless of siz
e
.
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