Model Flying Clubs and Dogs

[Robin Colbourne]

12 minutes ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said:

 

Well I generally speak up If there are problems at field, so on that stand point. What does FOD mean ? Bare in mind the RCME has it's own Bible the CoC, put my mind at ease please.

FOD = Foreign Object Damage, a term used in military aviation in particular, to describe any object on an airfield (litter, parts fallen off aircraft and vehicles etc.) which shouldn't be there and may cause damage or distraction resulting in an accident.
The only Concorde to crash was damaged by a 'foreign object' which fell of an earlier aircraft that used the same runway.

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Ah, thank you Robin, mind at ease, I think. ?

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

No one gonna say "He was Barking up the wrong tree" then ?

 

[Nigel R]

5 hours ago, Robin Colbourne said:

FOD = Foreign Object Damage

 

More recently, throughout the industry, also Foreign Object Debris.

 

aka rubbish that shouldn't be there.

 

Which can be present anywhere of course. Including on the airfield. But also dirt inside your fuel tank or a stray bit of foam getting in the way of a control link or a strand of copper finding its way into some electrics or whatever.

[MattyB]

20 hours ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said:

 

Well I generally speak up If there are problems at field, so on that stand point. What does FOD mean ? Bare in mind the RCME has it's own Bible the CoC, put my mind at ease please.

Worry not… ?

[EarlyBird]

20 hours ago, Robin Colbourne said:

FOD = Foreign Object Damage

Unfortunately that definition does not fit the context used by Rich. 

 

[Ron Gray]

It should of course be Foreign Object Debris,(Foreign Object Debris (FOD) at airports includes any object found in an inappropriate location that, as a result of being in that location, can damage equipment or injure personnel.) but then you all knew that!

[wingcoax]

On the same theme, But slightly larger, My old flying field was playing fields where we had flown for many years and at each of three entry points there were signs saying NO HORSE RIDING, Guess what we got , young ladies( i use the word lightly) were wont to come galloping across from the blind side whilst on landing approach. When it was pointed out they shouldn´t be there they usually replied that we shouldn´t either.

[Nigel R]

8 hours ago, Ron Gray said:

should of course be Foreign Object Debris

 

It's both Debris and Damage.

 

 

17 minutes ago, wingcoax said:

When it was pointed out they shouldn´t be there they usually replied that we shouldn´t either.

 

Surprise me... Was it in fact the case that you were allowed to be there?

[wingcoax]

19 hours ago, Nigel R said:

 

It's both Debris and Damage.

 

 

 

Surprise me... Was it in fact the case that you were allowed to be there?

Yes, We had permission from not long after the war to fly model aircraft on the site.  ALSO we had "Permission of lawful use" granted by the local council solicitors.

[Bruce Collinson]

Certificate.

 

BTC

[EvilC57]

Just coming in to land my MPX 330S this afternoon, and ended up getting chased by a large dog (the model, not me)!  The dog was clearly determined to get hold of the model, as in abandoning the landing to go around, said dog continued to follow the low flying model around the field. Catch 22, I had to land as my timer had sounded and I knew I would be low on battery, and yet I didn't know what the dog would do to the model once on the ground.

 

After much shouting from me the dog was captured, and somewhat unsettled, I made a hasty and rather inelegant landing - fortunately with no damage.

 

Apparently the dog owner did apologise to club members nearby, although I didn't hear them.

 

First time in over 20 years of flying that it's ever happened to me, but quite unnerving at the time!

 

[Eric Robson]

On 30/09/2021 at 08:14, EarlyBird said:

Unfortunately that definition does not fit the context used by Rich. 

 

It does come under objects that should not be there.?