CONTENTS

    - Whissendine

    -Burrough Hill

Flying Site Rules

      (Whissendine - 2010)

     1. PARKING - Please leave space in front of the gate for unloading and turning. Park your vehicle on the gate side  only with all wheels on         the grass.
        No Parking is permitted on the other side which then allows for large tractors to pass.

    2. Entry - Entry to the field is by a hand gate with a combination padlock.
        The last person leaving the field must ensure the gate is locked.
        Always keep the gate shut to prevent any of the farmer's animals from escaping.

    3. Your Membership Car(Key Fob) is your authority to fly at this site. 
        Hook it against your chosen vacant frequency number on the peg board.

        4. All pilots must adhere to the designated flying zones as shown on the site plan.
            Always fly in front of you at all times.
            Do not fly beyond the pylons to your left or over the road to your right

        5. NO FLYING WHATSOEVER IN THE RED NO FLY ZONE.

        6. When Flying ALL pilots must stand in the pilot' box on the flight line.

        7. Only four power flyers to be in the air at one time.

        8. Start your engines in the pits area with your propeller facing outwards towards the field.

        9. Where possible always carry your aircraft to and from the mown take off and landing area along the
            mown pathway.

        10. Failsafe - All power models (when fitted with a receiver with a failsafe function) must be set to a minimum of throttle to idle on the                   loss of the radio link, regardless of the model's weight. Models over 7kg   must have a working and set failsafe.

        11. Read, Learn and Follow the safety rules and the BMFA Codes of Practice for Model Flying.

        12. No Mobile Phones to be used in the pits area.

        13. Please take all litter home.

        14. All engines must be adequately and sensibly silenced.

        15. Members are not allowed to fly alone unless they have passed their BMFA "A" test.

        16. A First Aid Box is located inside the mower shed.

Model Glider Flying  Rules (Burrough Hill)

1.      The licence only applies to bona fide paid up members of the Club and such members will produce a valid membership card when requested to do so by the Ranger or other duly authorised officers of the Leicestershire County Council.

2.      All members using the car park at Burrough Hill shall pay the current parking charge and display a valid car park ticket.

3.      No gliders are to be allowed to land on adjoining land not leased to the County Council

4.      Under no circumstances is any interference whatsoever to be caused to members of the general public visiting Burrough Hill or to licensees of or tenants of the County Council.

5.      Club members are at all times to comply with any reasonable request made by the County Councils Ranger regarding the flying of gliders.

6.      Club members agree to comply with the byelaws of Burrough Hill Country Park.

7.      Club members must abide by the condition of the Licence.

8.      Club members must show consideration and respect to other users of the flying site at all times.

9.      Club members must fly safely and within the safety standards as required by the B.M.F.A.

Hints & Tips

Model Cleaning - submitted by David Peet
       
Looking for something to help clean the oily residue from your model? Then try this- "fresh and green" KITCHEN AND HOB DEGREASER. I bought mine from ASDA but I guess most supermarkets will stock it. I use it after every flight and find it very effective on Solarfilm covered models. It even works on older models with dried on and dirty oily residues. It's in a spray bottle so it's easy to use and carry. For those of you who are environmentally concious  it's made from plant extracts and so is safe for the environment.

Fitting Engine Mounts - submitted by Trevor Main

    This tip is particularly useful if you are replacing an engine mount on an existing model and the fixing holes on the replacement mount do not line up with the original fixing holes on the model's plywood engine firewall. The technique also applies to any model where you are unable to reach the firewall from within the fuselage in order to place nuts on to the engine mount fixing bolts.

    What you need:

• Blind nuts (the type with barbs which "dig in" to the ply firewall), thread size to suit your engine mount fixing bolts.
• A length of threaded rod (the same thread size as the blind nuts) and long enough to reach through the engine bulkhead into the fuselage to a point where you can now reach the rod with your fingers.
• A drill bit with a diameter to enable drilling of clearance holes for the threaded stub of the captive nuts.

    Procedure:

1. Mark the position of the engine mount fixing holes on the bulkhead (F1) and the drill these using the drill specified above.
2. Now push the threaded rod through one of the holes just drilled so you can now reach the end of it from within the fuselage.
3. Attach a blind nut to the rod and pull the rod back through the firewall so that the barbs on the nut dig into the ply. (It may help to fit a washer and plain nut to the other end of the rod and screw these against the bulkhead thereby pulling the blind nut barbs into the ply).
4. Unscrew the threaded rod leaving the blind nut now fixed in position.
5. Repeat steps 2,3 & 4 for the remaining blind nuts.
6. Now fit your engine mount to the bulkhead using the engine mount fixing bolts.

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