Drone Flight Log
Keep your own continuous record of flights, hours and battery cycles, and capture an anomaly on the day it happened rather than reconstructing it months later.
HB-01 1 page
Hobby and craft logbooks · HB-08
RC Model Flight and Maintenance Log
A free printable radio-controlled model log — flights with model, battery, flight time and conditions on one table, and the repairs and parts fitted between them on the other.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
Print it and write on it
Fill it in type and save
The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
See the flights and the work on one page, so a pack that keeps coming back short or a model that keeps needing the same repair stops being a vague impression.
Who it is for
Radio-controlled aircraft, car and boat flyers and drivers, club members and anyone running several models off a shared set of packs.
How to use it
- Give each model and each battery pack a short name and use it on every line.
- Log the flight time as flown, not as planned.
- Record conditions — wind and temperature change how a pack behaves.
- Write damage and faults down at the field, before the model goes in the car.
- Carry every fault into the maintenance table, and tick it off when the work is done.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Flights on one table and the work between them on the other — which model flew on which pack, for how long, in what conditions, and what had to be put right afterwards.
Check the rules where you fly. Where you may fly, and what you may fly there, is set locally and changes — check the rules where you are before you fly. This sheet is your own record of hours, packs and repairs, and evidences no permission on its own.
Write-on lines: Pilot / club · Models covered · Year
Flights
Table, 13 rows: Date · Model · Battery / pack · Flight time · Conditions · Damage or faults · Notes
Page 2
Maintenance and repairs — the work between the flights above
Table, 21 rows: Date · Model · Work done · Parts fitted · Done by
Questions
How often should a battery pack be replaced?
That is between you, the manufacturer and what the pack is doing. Nothing on this sheet sets a cycle count or a lifespan. Logging the pack on every flight is what makes a decline visible, and then the decision is yours.
Does keeping this log make me compliant with anything?
No. Where you may fly and what you may fly there is set locally and changes — check the rules where you are. This sheet evidences no permission, registration or qualification on its own.
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