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Step-by-step guides for pilots, organizers, sponsors, and guests using RCHeliEvents.com.

For pilots

Register on your phone. Pay at the field.

Set your details up once and every registration after that is mostly tapping. This page covers the account, registering, paying, cancelling, and using the site with bad signal.

1 · Make an account

  1. 1
    Go to /signup. Pilot is already picked at the top.
  2. 2
    Enter your first and last name, email, and a password (at least 8 characters). Tap Create account.
  3. 3
    If we ask you to confirm your email, tap the link we send, then sign in. You land on your account page with a short setup checklist.
Forgot your password?
On the sign-in page, tap Forgot your password?, enter your email, and open the link we send. It takes you to a page where you choose a new password.

2 · Save your details once

Pilot info needs only your city and state. Add your AMA number if you have one — letters and dashes are fine (C-12345, REKIT). Call sign, home field, discipline, and bio are optional.

In the Hangar, add each heli: pick the brand from the list, type the model (e.g. Goblin Raw 700), and choose the motor type. Tap the photo slot to add a picture (under 5 MB).

What the hangar is for
When you register, you tick which helis you're bringing. They show up in the event's public Models Flying chart by brand. Tick Mark private on a heli to keep it off the chart. Retire hides a heli from future registrations; Deleteremoves it for good. The brand list is fixed — if yours isn't there, you can't add it yourself yet.

3 · Register for an event

  1. 1
    Find the event in /events, the calendar, or the map. On the map, search a town or ZIP, or tap the locate button — the list then shows the nearest events first.
  2. 2
    On the event page, tap Register. If you're not signed in, you'll make an account first and come straight back.
  3. 3
    Pick a registration type (Pilot entry, day pass, and so on — the club sets these).
  4. 4
    Check your details — they're filled in from your account. A change to city, state, or AMA # is saved to your profile too.
  5. 5
    Choose your age class. If you fly a turbine or a heli over 55 lbs, tick the box and enter your turbine waiver or LMA permit number.
  6. 6
    Tick the helis you're bringing, and any add-ons the event offers (shirts, camping, meals). Some add-ons let you pick more than one.
  7. 7
    Tick the waiver box and sign with your finger. Tap Reserve my spot.
You're on the roster
The next screen shows your confirmation code. No email is sent, so screenshot it if you like — it's also on My registrations along with the amount due. Your registration shows Not paid yet until the organizer marks you paid.
Prices can go up closer to the event
Some events raise the price on a set date. The event page shows the current price and when it goes up. You pay the price on the day you register, so registering early locks in the lower price.
Some events register on their own website
A few big events (like the IRCHA Jamboree) take entry and payment on their own site. Their event page shows a Register on [host] button that sends you there to finish.

4 · Pay at the field

Pay the club at check-in — cash, Venmo, PayPal, or check, whatever they take. The organizer marks you paid and you show as Paid on My registrations.

Once you're marked paid, your name, AMA #, age class, aircraft boxes, and waiver signature go onto the event's AMA Form 10 automatically. You don't fill out paper.

Want to pay ahead? Unpaid registrations on My registrations have an Email the organizerlink (when the club has listed an email). Didn't register ahead? Ask at the desk — the organizer can sign you up on the spot.

5 · Plans changed?

On My registrations, tap Cancel registration on an unpaid registration. You then have 24 hours to tap Restore— it comes back with your helis, add-ons, and signature, at today's entry price. It can't be restored if the event has closed or filled up in the meantime. After 24 hours it's deleted, or tap Permanently delete to remove it now.

Already paid? You can't cancel it yourself — contact the organizer (the same email link appears when the club has listed one). Refunds come from the club, since that's who you paid. The event page's At-a-glance box shows their refund window.

6 · At the field with bad signal

  1. 1
    Install it. iPhone (Safari): tap Share → Add to Home Screen. Android (Chrome): tap Install on the prompt, or ⋮ menu → Install app.
  2. 2
    Turn on notifications. Open the app, sign in, and tap Enable on the notifications card at the top of your account. On iPhone, install first — notifications only work from the home-screen app.
  3. 3
    Before you lose signal, open My registrations once. Account pages and the flying-fields directory you've opened stay readable offline, with a banner saying it's your last-synced copy. Event pages and registering need a connection.
What you'll be notified about
When the organizer marks you paid, when a registration of yours is cancelled, when an event you're signed up for is cancelled, and the day before an event you've already paid for.

Where to next