

Yes, you also have an obligation to track any maintenance that has been performed on your drone. You can find out more about FlySafe and other compliant logbook options here.

The paid tiers of FlySafe have reasonable monthly costs and can really be helpful for companies that have to track several drones and pilots. They have a free version that should meet the needs of any recreational flyer.

There are several ways of accomplishing this, but we’d suggest that you check out FLYSAFE, by AirMarket. If you’re ever likely to have someone else at the controls of your drone, it’s a good idea to sort out a log book that tracks the pilot and crew of each individual flight. If you do this, it would probably be a good idea to document that you are the only pilot somewhere. If you are the only person using your drone (like, ever) then this would technically meet the requirements.

The DJI app that you use when flying your drone does log the flight information required by a logbook, except that it doesn’t record the pilot information. Transport Canada regulations require you to keep a record that includes the names of the pilots and crew members involved in each flight, as well as the time of each flight or series of flights. I would say that whatever you choose to do, just be sure that you enter it using a format which will be compatible when you switch from Android to iPad.The following requirements apply to drones or RPAS weighing 250 grams or more in Canada. You can get as coarse (1,302 hours in airplanes) or as fine (389 hours in blue C-172M's with the funny starter that sounds like you just dropped a shot glass in a garbage disposal) as you want. In fact, Safelog provides a function to do exactly that: you create a pseudo-aircraft type which is defined as "summarizes several aircraft". However, this is certainly not necessary, and there is no reason why you couldn't summarize your totals with one or a few line items. I did this because I had a lot of spare time, and because from now on I've got a pristine digital copy of everything, which is a nice feeling. When I transitioned to Safelog, I decided to spend a few weeks worth of evenings and just enter everything, line by line. This means that you can do whatever works best for you, as long as you (and your future employers) are happy with it. The FAA doesn't really make a big deal about what method you use to log your flight time, just as long as you log all flight time which you're going to later use to justify currency or a new certificate. Logbooks are an interesting blend of personal and professional recordkeeping.
