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See who’s at the field
before you drive.

Find · Connect · Fly

RCSpotter is the map of RC flying clubs. Open a club and see live, anonymous activity — how many pilots are at the field right now. Perfect for weekend visits: go when there’s a chance someone is flying, not to an empty runway.

Live club map

RC flying community

The aim

RCSpotter is built for RC flying clubs and their club pilots — airplanes, helicopters, race and freestyle drones, and gliders. Travelling RC pilots can find real fields, see live anonymous activity before they go, and connect with club pilots who are actually flying. The same window helps people who are curious about the RC flying hobby — visit a busy weekend club field, see models in the air, talk to pilots, and maybe catch the bug. More connection means more RC pilots worldwide. That's the aim.

Know before you go

Live activity is anonymous — and visible to visitors

On the public map you see counts, not names: who’s checked in, who’s flying now. No account needed to look. So on Saturday morning you can check a club nearby and decide: someone’s there — worth the trip — or it’s quiet, try another field or stay home.

Website or app?

You don’t need the app —
it just automates field check-in so you don’t forget

RCSpotter works fully in the browser: map, check-in, Field Ops, workshop, club tools — all of it. The Android and Apple apps are optional. Their main job is simple: when you arrive at your field, check-in (and check-out) can happen automatically, so live activity on the map stays honest without another step on your phone.

Even if you never open hangar, sales, or planner — installing an app and letting field login run in the background still helps. Visitors and people curious about RC can see that someone is flying before they drive. More often they arrive to planes in the air and pilots to talk to — instead of an empty runway.

How it works

Find the club

Open the map. Search or zoom to a club pin — the real field location, not a random address.

See who’s there

Tap the pin. Live anonymous activity shows if pilots are checked in or flying now.

Visit with a chance

Pack the car when it looks busy. Free account if you want to check in, log flights, and join a club.

What you get as a pilot

Pilot tools that work in the browser — apps optional for automatic field check-in.

  • Live field activity Anonymous “who’s there / flying now” on the map — visitors can see it too.
  • World club map Real pins for clubs and fields worldwide — always growing.
  • Field Ops Check in, log flights, open charts and weather when you’re at the field.
  • Workshop Your models, specs, and photos in one hangar.
  • Logbook START/STOP flight logs at the field — history you can keep.
  • Parts manager Spares, photos, and maintenance reminders for what you own.
  • Sales Board Buy and sell used aircraft and parts with other RCSpotter pilots.
  • Club lounge A home page for members — news, planner, and club tools.
  • Field weather (VOLMET) Club weather boards for hobby RC — included with verified clubs.
  • Field chart Runways, pits, and no-fly areas on the club field chart.

It started with one feeling: frustration

I'm James, from The Netherlands in Europe — a fanatic RC pilot, head instructor at my local flying club, with 35 years on the sticks flying pretty much everything: medium to large-scale planes, helicopters, FPV racing drones, and gliders. Whenever I travel for work or holidays, I try to visit local flying clubs. Meeting other club pilots is one of the best parts of this hobby.

And almost every time, the same wall: nineteen times out of twenty I struggle to find useful information online — sometimes because of a language barrier, sometimes because there simply isn't any. When I do find a club, locating the flying site is another puzzle. And on the rare day I get everything right and drive out to the field… there's nobody there.

That empty field, after all that searching, is why RCSpotter exists.

Check a field this weekend

Open the map for free. Create a pilot account when you want to check in, log flights, and join a club.