RC Flyer Pro is live: one app for everything you fly
RC Flyer has been rebuilt from the ground up. Here is what RC Flyer Pro is, what it does for your flying, and how to move your old logbook across.
Matt Takhar13 November 2026 · 5 min read
RC Flyer started as a simple logbook for my own flying. Over the years it grew, thousands of you used it, and it ran into the limits of the platform it was built on. So I rebuilt it from scratch. The result is RC Flyer Pro, and it's live now at rcflyerpro.com.
This post covers what it is, what it does, what it costs, and how to bring your old data across if you used the original app.
What RC Flyer Pro is
RC Flyer Pro is an app for radio-control pilots - planes, gliders, helicopters, jets and drones. It runs in any browser on your phone, tablet or computer, so there's nothing to download from an app store. On a phone, add it to your home screen and it opens like any other app.
It's built around a simple idea: everything about your flying in one place. Your flights, your models, your batteries and radios, the fields you fly at, your club, and the people you fly with.
It works in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch.
Your flying, logged properly
The logbook is still the heart of it. Log a flight by hand in a few taps, or use Field Mode at the field - a big-button timer you can use with cold fingers. Every flight builds your totals and personal records.
Where it gets interesting is GPS. If you fly with a GPS logger or a radio that records telemetry, upload the log and Flight Replay shows your flight in 3D over satellite imagery and real terrain. You can watch it from any angle, see your speed and height, and get a landing score out of 100. It reads logs from RC Light Systems, Flight Coach, JET Accessories, the Futaba GPS sensor, Spektrum, RadioMaster and EdgeTX, FrSky Ethos, Jeti and Pixhawk.
If the worst happens and a model goes down in long grass, Find my model shows where the log ended. And if a flight ends in a crash, the black box report reads the last seconds to help you work out why.
Your fleet, looked after
Every model gets its own page with photos, specs, flights and hours. Around that sits everything that keeps a fleet airworthy:
- Batteries - cycles, health and age, and a nudge when packs have sat charged too long.
- Maintenance - jobs due by date, by number of flights or by hours, so the servo check actually happens.
- Components - servos, receivers and motors that move between models with their history.
- Transmitters - an alert when new firmware comes out for your radio, and a safe place for your model backups.
- Checklists - pre-flight checks, failsafe and range-check records, and a check after a crash or hard landing.
- Documents - manuals, receipts and certificates, all in one place.
Fields, clubs and people
The flying sites map has more than 2,800 fields, with runways, rules, no-fly zones, today's flying conditions and who's flying there. If you're looking for somewhere to fly, the club finder lists BMFA clubs across the UK and MAAA clubs in Australia.
Clubs can run themselves in the app: members, events, news, documents, membership dues and even a free public club website. And for the social side there's the Social Wall, following other pilots, messages, the leaderboard, challenges, build logs and a marketplace.
Learning to fly
Getting started in this hobby is harder than it should be, so a big part of RC Flyer Pro is free for learners. There's a step-by-step Learning to fly path, all 23 BMFA certificates broken down item by item with examiner sign-off, and junior accounts that a parent runs for their child.
Then there's the Trainer Sim: a free flight simulator in your browser. Fly a club trainer from the pilot box with your keyboard, your own radio or two thumb sticks on your phone, and practise every flying item of the BMFA 'A' and 'B' tests, marked the way an examiner would. You can even fly together with friends. There's a whole post on it here.
Clubs and shows
New this month is Show Time, which runs a club show or fly-in from your phone: pilot sign-ups, the running order, the flight line, alerts for the next pilots, a commentator console and a live page that spectators follow from a QR code. It's free for clubs, and I've written about it in its own post.
What it costs
The free plan includes every feature, with up to three active models. That's enough for a lot of pilots, and everything in the learning section stays free whatever you fly.
Pro removes the model limit for £3.99 a month or £29.99 a year. It also adds a few extras like a weekly backup to your own Google Drive. You can compare the two on the plans page.
Coming from the old RC Flyer app?
The original RC Flyer app closes on 30 November 2026, so now is the time to move across.
- Create your RC Flyer Pro account with the same email address you used in the old app.
- Follow the import steps to bring across your models and flights.
- If you paid for the old app, cancel that subscription in the App Store or Google Play so you're not paying twice.
If you were a paying subscriber, you get Pro on RC Flyer Pro free, and the £19.99 a year Legacy price is kept for you. The old app page has the details.
Built with pilots
A lot of what's in RC Flyer Pro came from pilots asking for it on the Feature Requests board in the app. That carries on: if something would make your flying easier, put it on the board and vote for the ideas you like.
This blog is where I'll share what's new, how to get the most from the app, and plenty of general flying tips. Thanks for being part of it - see you at the field.
