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Flight Logs? - 2/6/2002 1:12:22 AM   
Nathan



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Status: offline 		Who here takes flight logs, and what do you write down? If you have one on Word or Excel, attach it to your post so we can see it. Thanks.

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Flight Logs? - 2/6/2002 4:50:15 AM   
Paul Grubich



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From: Cedar Rapids , IA,
Status: offline 		Because my B-17 is experimental the AMA requires me to keep a log of each flight. The log consist of time and place, weather, incidents, etc.

I also have to fill out a safty inspection and save that with the log for that flight. I keep all this in an original World War Two pilots zip folder and take it with me each time I fly the bomber.

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Flight Logs? - 2/7/2002 2:53:42 AM   
Cuda


 

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Status: offline 		Yep
Date wind fuel prop comments problems friends

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Flight Logs? - 2/8/2002 10:36:57 PM   
GalenB



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From: Issaquah, WA, USA
Status: offline 		I keep my log in Excel and I record:

number of flights per model and per engine
take offs
landings
touch and gos

I also have a comments section where I describe what I did, changes I made and their outcome, etc.

I have thought about adding a weather section, but haven't yet done so.

Hope this helps!

Cheers!

Galen

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Flight Logs? - 2/8/2002 11:29:07 PM   
can773



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From: Calgary, AB, CANADA
Status: offline 		The way I keep track on everything (only on my competition models BTW) is:

I know I get 12 flights/gallon so I just record the # of gallons used.

For engines, I number them and record which engine received which part and when. From that I usually just do regular maintenance on them after a certain period of time unless they need more attention.

Servo's, TX's, RX's
Again I number all of them and record which parts and when were replaced, generally I send all my servos, TX's, RX's back once a year for gears, pots, memory batts, tuning etc.

This way on all my equipment just give me the number and I can give you a history of which parts have been replaced, when they were replaced etc etc.

I really am not concerned with how many flights my equipment has on it as long as it has been maintained properly, some servos are pushing 2000 flights and are like brand new. Engines have 1000-1200 flights (100-120 gallons fuel) and are making the same power now as when new. Also when selling I can give a fairly detailed record to the buyer of what was done so he knows what he is getting!!


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Flight Logs? - 2/10/2002 11:26:15 AM   
ctdahle



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From: Del Norte, CO, USA
Status: offline 		I started keeping a log when I started flying RC in the 1970's (I was 12). Unfortuneately, in the last year i have lost that log, along with my full-scale logbook (started in 1979) I am really upset about losing both.

I now keep my R/C log in a looseleaf notebook. My log sheets follow my engines, so I have a tabbed section for each engine.

I made a fill in the blank form in WordPerfect. It has spaces to record the date of each flying day, the time on each engine (TTE), and the number of takeoffs. I have a comment section where I record any salient points about what happened that day, along with the weather (WX). I care about wind speed and direction, the field temperature, and the condition of our dirt runway (Muddy, Frozen, Snow Covered, dry/dusty, washboarded, etc.

When I was drafted to be club secretary, I created a notebook that I leave at the field, filled with blank "field marshall's reports" In theory, whoever shows up at the field first on a given day is the field safety marshall and is supposed to put up the flag and windsock, and keep the daily log. Usually that's me. In the winter I am often the ONLY one who shows up, I have kinda started to blow the daily log off and just keep my A&E log.

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flight logs - 2/20/2002 12:12:39 PM   
bentwings


 

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From: St.Paul, MN, USA
Status: offline 		I started using log books about first time I broke my race car in '57when I forgot to put gear lube in the rear end after a quick change.
My RC logs:
Car loading check list; Plane, both wing panels, gas, air compressor, spare props, spare rudder, flight box, (nothing is ever removed from the flight box at home) radio, battery etc.. Preflight checks about 25 items every flight. Post flight checks about 15. Hanger log checks about 40 items. There is also room for comments.
It sounds like a lot of unnecessary work but it only takes one screwup to make it a long day at the field. I have found leadups to very tricky problems and saved the day on numerous occasions by reviewing the flight logs.
If you like to talk to people while you are getting ready to fly you will for sure forget something eventually and lose a good plane. I saw a brand new 33% aerobatic plane go in on the first flight because of wings bolts not tight. He used to laugh at me taking 20 minutes to get ready to fly!!! Not anymore. Besides it's fun to sit down and write about your adventures in the log book especially when you haven't lost anything and everything went according to the plan. My corsair has about 3" of logs now.
Plus it's nice when you are trying to reply to these posts. When someone asks which ail. servos do you use? You can say " on flight 15 the right ail. servo failed for the 3rd time. 5 flights each time, so I switched to xxxx brand and just replaced it after flight 50. it was still working."

bentwings

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