Membership

Please download a Membership application here in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format.

Or use the online membership application with payment through PayPal.

Before applying, be sure to read the Field Rules. Any questions or comments should be directed to the Club officers.

All members must have and maintain a current  AMA membership  prior to joining the Burlington R/C Flyers.

You can also read our Club Bylaws (in Acrobat pdf format).

Membership Prices

• Regular Members
  • Members between the ages of 18 and 65
  • $75 + $25 Initiation Fee ($100 total)
• Senior Members
  • Members over the age of 65
  • $40 + $25 Initiation Fee ($65 total)
• Family Household Membership
  • Membership includes a Regular member, spouse and any children under 18 in the same household
  • $100 with no initiation fee
• Junior Members
  • Members under 18
  • $40 with no Initiation Fee

An initiation fee of $25 dollars is required of new Regular and Senior members only, new Junior and Family members do not have to pay an initiation fee.

Annual dues for all members are due and payable before December 31st for the following calendar year.

Memberships expire at the end of the calendar year. Any members who renew after December 31st are considered new members and are required to pay the new member initiation fee plus regular membership fee. Contact us for more information!

New members joining after September 1 will have membership for the remaining months of that year, and the following year, provided AMA membership is maintained.

Membership contact:   David Iodice membership(at)burlington-rc.com

Getting Started

How to get started flying at BRCF

Ask questions. Go to our field on any Saturday or Sunday morning (or weekdays if its nice) and see what people are flying. Ask questions. Make sure it's what you really want.

If you're all set to get going, then Join the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA). It's easy, it gets you insurance and we require it as we are an AMA sanctioned field. You can even do it on-line at www.modelaircraft.org click on join/renew.

Before applying, please read the Field Rules.   Please also read our Club Bylaws (in Acrobat pdf format).

Then join the BRCF at our Membership page.

Get yourself a trainer aircraft, we recommend a size 40 (.4 cubic inch), high wing trainer. Some examples from towerhobbies.com:

• Great Planes Avistar Elite ARF (EP or GP)
• Hobbico SuperStar 40 ARF (GP)
• Tower Hobbies Tower Trainer 40 MkII ARF or RTF (GP)

Note: EP: Electric Powered, GP: Glow (engine) Powered, ARF: Almost Ready to Fly

Local hobby stores are becoming rare. But see our Links page for some on-line hobby stores.

You can join an RC Airplane forum to learn from flyers all over the world. See our Links page.

Or you can post a request for an aircraft (or helicopter) on our Members Only RC Forum "For Sale/Wanted" area.

Or you can join our Facebook group and post a request there, but you will first require a Facebook account.

Get help setting up your airplane and flying it. You'll need an instructor. Our list of instructors is shown below. Training is free of charge. (Note: instructors donate their personal time in the spirit of promoting the hobby to newcomers.) It is up to you to make that call. ☺ Students need to be proactive and pursue regular instruction.

Required before you fly

• AMA membership
• BRCF Membership
• FAA sUAS Registration
• TRUST test

If you plan to fly any place other than the club field, you must acquire FAA authorization through LAANC.  This is easy and fast.  Use Airmap, B4UFly, UASidekick, Aloft, etc.  Just search your app store for LAANC.

If you fly FPV and use unregistered FPV systems (those that don’t say they are registered with the FCC), you need an FCC Technician license or higher.

The TRUST test isn’t required yet, but it’s easy enough. It’s multiple choice.  If you get an answer wrong, you can try again as many times as it takes to get the correct response.  It takes about 15 minutes, and you can print out the certificate immediately.  Stick it in your card holder. It doesn’t seem to have an expiration date.

Field Rules

1. Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) Membership is required of all flyers.
2. You must be a club member or guest to fly at this field.
3. Guests of members are allowed one flying visit per year. Member must accompany guest while he/she is flying.
4. Flying Hours: 8:00AM until dusk, seven days a week.
5. Your club ID must be posted on the vertical bar before flying or testing, and must be removed at the end of flight to the horizontal bar.
6. You may post your club ID for 20 minutes maximum at a time.
7. Maximum of 4 aircraft are allowed in the air at any one time.
8. Mufflers are required on engines above .051 cu. in., except 4-strokers. No flow-thru mufflers are allowed.
9. Taxiing in the pit area is not allowed.
10. Pilots will fly from assigned/designated pilot stations only, with 2 people maximum at a station.
11. Fly within the perimeter of the field.
12. Flying over the pit area is not allowed. Takeoffs should be made away from the pit area.
13. Hi-Starts for gliders are not to be used on or across runways.
14. Takeoffs and hand-launches are made from the runways only.
15. Low passes or aerobatics over runways are to be done with caution and an audible alert must be announced before execution.
16. No free-flight or rocket flights are allowed.
17. Announce your intention to enter or leave the runways.
18. Any member desiring to fly must demonstrate ability to fly, or else take flight instruction until such proficiency is demonstrated.
19. If you cause an airplane to be damaged or destroyed, you must make satisfactory restitution to its owner; a committee made up of club and board members will arbitrate, if necessary.
20. Dogs are allowed at the field but must be under control.
21. If you create trash, take it away. Please keep the field free of litter.
22. Noncompliance with Field Rules may mean suspension or expulsion by decision of the Board of Directors.
23. All aircraft will be properly restrained when the engine is running.
24. Announce your intention to take-off and land.
25. Aircraft taking off and landing have the right of way.
26. Maximum altitude for all aircraft is 400 feet.
27. All aircraft must be within line of sight.
28. All pilots flying with head sets or without direct visual contact must have spotters.
29. It is recommended that helicopters and drones fly over field adjacent to upper runway when flying at low altitude or hovering.

These Field Rules are to help club members in securing their personal safety, and to help the club in preserving the privilege of using this field.

VIOLATION OF THE CLUB SAFETY RULES COULD CAUSE THE LOSS OF
INSURANCE PROTECTION IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT.