Find the club
Open the map. Search or zoom to a club pin — the real field location, not a random address.
RC clubs · Airplanes · Helicopters · Drones · Gliders · Live activity
See how busy the field is
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 on the map is a count — names stay in the club
On the public map you see counts, not names: how many are checked in or flying now. No account needed to look. At your club, by default members can see who’s at the field (unless they select to be anonymous). 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
See live activity
Tap the pin. See how busy the field is — anonymous counts of who’s checked in or flying now.
Visit with a chance
Pack the car when it looks busy. Free account if you want to check in at a verified club, 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.
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Live field activity Live anonymous counts on the map — how busy the field is. Visitors can see it too.
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World club map Real pins for clubs and fields worldwide — always growing.
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Field Ops Check in at verified clubs, log flights, open charts and weather when you’re at the field.
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Workshop Your models, specs, and photos in one hangar.
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Logbook START/STOP flight logs at the field — history you can keep.
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Parts manager Spares, photos, and maintenance reminders for what you own.
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Sales Board Buy and sell used aircraft and parts with other RCSpotter pilots.
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Club lounge A home page for members — news, planner, and club tools.
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Field weather (VOLMET) Club weather boards for hobby RC — included with verified clubs.
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Field chart Runways, pits, and no-fly areas on the club field chart.
What you get as a club
Officer tools to claim, verify, and run the field — members use the lounge, chat, and Field Ops.
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Verified map pin Official badge and the real field location visitors find on the world map.
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Club lounge Member home base — weather strip, roster, and links to planner, VOLMET, and the field chart.
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News, safety & NOTAMs Club news for social posts; safety bulletins and NOTAMs lock the lounge until every active member acknowledges.
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Club chat Private member chat for day-to-day talk, photos, and field coordination.
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Flight Planner Members plan field days ahead so the club knows who intends to fly.
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Live field activity Check-ins feed live activity on the map. At your club, by default members can see who’s at the field (unless they select to be anonymous).
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Field weather (VOLMET) Your club’s field weather board — included when the club is verified.
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Field chart Publish runways, pits, and no-fly areas for members and Field Ops.
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Events & fly-ins List public events on the board — Club Pro year plans include 3 free Public listings per subscription year (€10 each waived). Featured and Banner stay paid.
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Club website RCSpotter’s proprietary Site Studio — easy to build and update, zero maintenance. Public at yourname.rcspotter.com (Club Pro).
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.
The idea took root in 2012. Fixing the problem — “where do I fly when I’m not at home?” — sent me down a creative path. I started building the tools I’d want as a pilot and a club flyer: check-ins, weather, hangar specs, lounge, chat, and more. RCSpotter keeps growing from that: features shaped by someone who flies, a pilot who cares about the details.
Check a field this weekend
Open the map for free. Create a pilot account when you want to check in at a verified club, log flights, and join a club.