According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's policy, it is now mandatory to create a flight logbook for specific flights involving drones and UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). This flight logbook requires flight records that detail the times and locations of takeoff and landing, as well as the purpose and method of flight, as well as daily inspection records and maintenance records.
Documents or data must also be saved and carried with you. Easily create a legalized flight log for unmanned aircraft using Drone Note!
Disclaimer: This app uses the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's flight logbook requirements as its information source, but is not an app provided by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism “Creation of flight log”:
https://www.mlit.go.jp/koku/operation.html#anc02
What is Drone Note:
(Supervised by Boundary Administrative Scrivener Corporation) In December 2022, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has legislated the creation of flight logbooks. "Drone Note" supports detailed handling guidelines for various types of flight logs (flight records, daily inspections, inspections and maintenance), including flight records that require minute-by-minute recording, and can be easily created using an app, with location information. This greatly reduces the hassle of automatically acquiring addresses and creating flight logs.
Flight records, daily inspection records, and inspection and maintenance records are all in the format specified by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, so you can easily record them on your smartphone and use them for free. Supports comfortable drone flight.
There are two types of plans:
・Light plan (advertisement display and flight time limit, free)
・Premium plan (600 yen per month or 6,000 yen per year after the first 7-day free trial)
[Features common to all plans]
- Supports registration, reference, and PDF output for three types: flight records, daily inspections, and inspection and maintenance. You can print the downloaded PDF using the functions of your device.
- Automatically obtain takeoff and landing locations from the device's location information.
・There are no data registration restrictions for all plans. There are no flight time restrictions or restrictions on the number of registered aircraft or pilots.
-Share data between devices by registering your email address.
-You can obtain automatic data backup by registering your email address.
*You do not need to enter your email address at the beginning of use. Don't forget to register if you want to use data sharing or automatic backup.
- Shortcuts to various registrations are available on the HOME screen, allowing you to view the most recent registration data without moving to other screens.
・In order to reduce the input effort, you can pre-register the pilot and UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) and only need to select them when creating the flight log.
・You can duplicate the contents of your past diary, so there is no need to always input from scratch. (The date and time will be automatically set at the time of creation.)
- Regarding daily inspections, it is possible to preset not only standard inspection items according to the handling guidelines of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, but also arbitrary inspection items according to manufacturer's procedures such as DJI products.
- Images can be attached to flight records, daily inspections, and inspection and maintenance. Please use it when you want to recall past flight logs (flight records) at a glance, or when investigating the cause of a problem.
[Features of premium plan (600 yen per month or 6,000 yen per year after initial 7-day free trial)]
In addition to the features common to all plans, you can:
・Hide advertisements
・Improved image quality of images that can be registered
- Business efficiency functions (PDF batch output, CSV output) *Supports when managing multiple aircraft and analysis of flight performance.
・Flight management function (compliance check/permit approval) *Supports even more secure and safe flight than the UAV flight logbook
Recommended for:
・People who often use UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) for work or hobbies
・Those who use UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) such as DJI and Terra Drone for measurement work
・Those who manage their flight logs with documents
・Those who do not know how to write a flight log
・Those who want to easily complete their flight log using an app
・Those using the PC version of JULC Drone Flight Log App, UAV Flight Log, Drone Flight Navi, Flight Down, D-CHECK, Flight Report, and Dororeco.
[Flight record]
・Check the observances
・Permission authentication
・Takeoff time
・Landing time
・Takeoff location
・Landing location
·the purpose
・Operator
・Unmanned aircraft
・Airspace/Method
・Route, transit points, etc.
・Supervisor
・Matters that affected flight safety
・Problems
[Daily inspection]
・Implementation date and time
・Place of implementation
・Implementer
・Unmanned aircraft
*UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) can be selected from the following.
・3D Robotics
・AEE
・Autel Robotics
・DEERC Toys
・DJI
・DJI/TOPCON
・DJI/Kubota Co., Ltd.
・GoPro Inc.
・Yamaha Motor
・Sony Group
・Skywork
More than 30 companies including
[Inspection and maintenance]
・Implementation date and time
・Implementer
・Unmanned aircraft
・Reason for implementation
・Inspection details