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 Issued April 2003

Enter these as hand written amendments in the RAFMAA Rule Book Edition 17 as AL1.

Section 2 page 4 para 5b.

Delete, ‘bungees, pulleys or power winch at CD’s discretion’. Insert, ‘and optional pulley systems. The CD will only allow electric winches if the event numbers are too low to provide towmen.

Section 2 page 6 insert new paragraph in blank space.

Electro-slot

Only seven cells are to be used with a maximum capacity of 2000mAH. If the battery has no ‘official’ capacity label on it, then the aircraft will not be allowed to enter the competition.

Section 4 page 11 item 5c. Add after ‘on foot.’

To safeguard the health of over 50-year-old members, an assistant is allowed to retrieve models from a long distance.

Section 4 page 12, insert the following paragraph.

h. A competitor must have made a ‘reasonable’ effort to achieve a qualifying time. Not make one flight then retire. This is at the Contest Director’s discretion.

Section 5 page 31, insert the following paragraph after 20 d.

e. Entrants will be expected to attempt all events. They may withdraw at any time but will only gain a station point if, in the opinion of the Contest Director, their model becomes unfit to fly after they have completed at least one event.

Section 5 page 35 insert following paragraph in blank space

f. IC Powered aircraft must have been competitively flown in a RC Power event at the Main Championships that year. Concours d’Elegance will not count as a qualifying event. If aircraft did not fulfil these criteria then it would be deemed to be a special-to-type pylon racer and would be covered under Group 5.

Section 6 page 36 after para 5 add.

Note: Proof of flight from a previous BMFA, National or RAFMAA event will have to be presented to the CD.

 

 

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