ORIGINAL: RCKen
Cleaning a plane at the end of the day give you a chance to perform something else that EVERY pilot should do regardless of the type of plane they fly, and that is inspect your plane. I can't even begin to count how many people I see just throw the plane in the car and head for home, and the next trip to the field they pull it out and fly without every inspecting it. Then when the plane crashes they can't figure out why. It's because they didn't find something that should have been repaired before they flew, and that broke and caused the plane to crash. When you spend the time to clean your planes at the end of the day take a few extra moments to inspect everything to see if it's still in good shape. Electric pilots should inspect their planes as all well.
Ken
Good advice indeed!
It's just like modern cars, they have become so reliable that we jump into them for long trips without so much as checking the oil or tire pressure.
Since flying electric, I have started to keep a log of my flights and which battery was used for that flight. That way in the future when someone asks me how many cycles a battery lasts, I can do more than just give them my best guess.