There are many important benefits of record-keeping, there are regulatory and instructional benefits. FAA Part 107 Advisory Circular pg. 37 reads, "sUAS owners and operators may find record-keeping to be beneficial. This could be done by documenting any repair, modification, overhaul, or replacement of a system component resulting from normal flight operations, and recording the time-in-service for that component at the time of the maintenance procedure. Record-keeping that includes a record of all periodic inspections, maintenance, preventative maintenance, repairs, and alterations performed. This includes all components of the sUAS, including: small UA, CS, launch and recovery equipment, C2 link equipment, payload, and any other components required to safely operate the sUAS. Methodical maintenance and inspection data collection can prove to be very helpful in the tracking of sUAS component service life, as well as systemic component, equipage, and structural failure events. "

Student flight training/operations record-keeping

Having the students keep a logbook helps to document their flight experience and helps the instructor monitor time on task. The logbook can be kept in paper and/or electronic format.

At minimum you will want to keep track of the folowing:

• Student flight time

• Maintenance, repairs, adaptation to your drones

• Drone usage (typically available directly from the drone's automated log)

• Safety inspections

1. FAA's Benefits of record-keeping

2. Kittyhawk.io

   • Kittyhawk can be used to log student flight time, log 1 or more drone usage, maintenance reports, store and document completion of checklists, obtain air traffic control clearance (if needed), plan flights, and store important documents.

3. Drone Logbook

   • Drone operations management tool that lets you keep track of student flight training and drone usage.

• Hover App

• Kittyhawk

• Drone Log Book

• Skyward

• Drone Compiler

• AirData

Decide Fixed Wing or Rotor Wing?

Fixed Wing

• • • Longer flight time

    • Faster survey time

    • May need large area to operate

    • Less precise

    • Primarily used for mapping/remote sensing

Rotor Wing

• • • Shorter flight time

    • Longer survey time

    • Vertical take off , so less area needed to operate

    • More precise

    • May be used for mapping, inspections, and/or creative services

Decide on Sensors (cameras)

RGB (regular camera) Optical or Digital Zoom

• • • • • Mapping/surveying, inspections, creative services, civil/structural engineering

Multi/Hyper-spectral

• • • • Agriculture

Infrared/Thermal

• • • • Solar inspections

      • Wildlife monitoring

      • Search and rescue

      • Agriculture

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