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Pilot & club plans

Fly, log, and belong — then upgrade if you want more.

Free already includes the map, a hangar, an unlimited flight log, checklists, and your club’s page if you are a member. Pay for Supporter or Pro if you want no advertising on the site, extra logbook tools, or included Sales Board ads on a year plan. Field weather (VOLMET) and nav charts come with a verified club — you do not buy those as a pilot.

50% off annual until 1 Sept 2027

Free

Free

€0 / mo

Always free at the field

Map, workshop, log, and your club — no subscription.

  • Map of clubs and flying fields
  • Check in when you are at the field
  • Workshop for up to 50 models, with spec sheets
  • Simple flight log (aircraft, date, start/stop) — unlimited entries
  • Pre-flight checklists (aircraft + packing list)
  • Your club’s page (if you are a member)
  • Profile — what you fly, where you’re from
  • Parts Manager (no photos)
  • Your username at your club (members). The public map stays a count. You can hide it.
  • The site shows RC ads
  • Sales Board: €2 to list a plane or a parts pack (verified club members)
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Supporter

Supporter

€3.49 / mo

Billed monthly

No ads on the site, and you help keep RCSpotter running.

  • Everything in Free
  • Workshop for up to 100 models
  • Parts Manager photos
  • No advertising on the site (this is not about selling a plane)
  • Supporter badge on your profile
  • Quick weather at the field (not the club weather board)
  • Sales Board still €2 per ad — a year plan includes 2 aircraft ads and 2 parts packs
  • Helps RCSpotter pay for servers and development

See it in the app

A look around RCSpotter — most of this is already on Free.

Free World map & club drawer Find clubs worldwide, see who is at the field, and open the club from the pin.
RCSpotter map with Aeroclub Bladel club drawer and VOLMET summary
Free Your club’s page Who is at the field, club weather if the club is verified, field info, and member tools.
Aeroclub Bladel Club Lounge with weather, field activity, and club stats
Free Workshop & spec sheets Your models, photos, specs, and a pre-flight list per aircraft.
Workshop deck with aircraft carousel and Laser 88 spec sheet
Free Pre-flight checklists — aircraft Per-model safety checks before Start log — required items, copy from another model, restore defaults.
Pre-flight aircraft checklist editor for Laser 88
Free Pre-flight checklists — flying field Your take-to-the-field packing list — fuel, LiPos, tools, and everything you need before you drive out.
Flying field packing checklist with fuel and LiPo items
Pro Flight logbook Simple logging is on Free (aircraft, date, start/stop). Weather on each flight, notes, and export are Pro.
Flight logbook with stats, fleet breakdown, and flight history

What you pay for

Map, workshop, flight log, checklists, and your club’s page are already on Free. This table is the extras.

Feature Free Supporter Pro
Map & check-in at the field✓✓✓
Workshop (spec sheets)50 models100 models250 models
Flight logSimpleSimpleFull
Pre-flight checklists✓✓✓
Your club’s page (members)✓✓✓
Quick weather at the field—✓✓
Advertising on the siteRC adsNoneNone
Sales Board (sell a plane or parts)€2 per ad€2 · year plan: 2 aircraft + 2 packs included€2 · year plan: 5 aircraft + 5 packs included
Weather saved on each log——✓
Notes after a flight——✓
Download log (CSV / Excel)——✓
Parts ManagerList, no photosList + photosList + photos
Maintenance Manager——✓
Saved radio setups——✓

Clubs

A verified club is a status, not a paid plan. When a club is verified, it gets the field weather board (VOLMET) and nav charts at no charge — hobby RC only, and weather can be wrong or offline.

Verified club

€0 / mo

Official badge on the map, members, club page, field weather, and nav charts. Free for the club.

  • Map pin + verified badge
  • Club officers and join requests
  • Flying area on the map and club page
  • VOLMET field weather (hobby RC only)
  • Nav charts (field chart — runways, pits, no-fly)
  • Who is at the field right now
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Club Business

€9.99 / mo

Extra tools for the club — events, reports, more visibility. Weather stays free with verification.

  • Everything a verified club already has
  • Public calendar events included (the €10 event fee is waived)
  • Field activity reports
  • Higher on the map and faster support
  • Founding-club free year is not automatic yet

VOLMET is RCSpotter’s field-weather board for a club: forecast at that field, a suggested runway, and which models suit the day. It shows on the club page and in the map drawer.

It is included when the club is verified — you do not buy weather or nav charts as a pilot. Club Business adds events, reports, and visibility, not weather.

Common questions

Who can use the club page?

If you are a full member of that club, the club page is on Free. If you are only a guest, the club can allow guests in — then you need Supporter or Pro.

How many aircraft can I keep in the workshop?

Free includes up to 50 models with spec sheets and photos. Supporter is 100, Pro is 250. If you already have more, you keep them — you just cannot add until you are under the cap or you upgrade. Need more than 250? Contact us — we will review your case.

Launch pricing?

Annual Supporter, Pro, or Club Business signed up by 1 September 2027 gets 50% off the first year. Monthly stays at list price. After that date, new annual plans are full price. Renewal after year one is the list annual rate — we'll tell you before anything changes.

How do I pay?

Checkout is live. Choose Supporter or Pro above, or Club Business for a verified club — you'll pay on Stripe. Cancel or update your card any time from Manage billing on your pilot profile or club admin.

What does “ad-free” mean — and what about selling a plane?

No advertising on the site (Supporter and Pro) means we do not show you RC ads while you use RCSpotter. It does not mean listing a plane is free.

The Sales Board is a noticeboard for verified club members. Anyone on Free, monthly, or a year plan still pays €2 to list an aircraft or a parts pack — unless you are on a year plan with included ads left: Supporter 2 aircraft + 2 packs per subscription year, Pro 5 + 5. Unused included ads do not roll to next year. Switching to monthly or Free ends leftover included ads. A gifted Pro plan does not include these ads. Paying does not skip the club-membership rule. Full rules: Sales Board guide.

What happens when my plan expires?

You keep your account and data. Nothing is deleted. Paid extras lock until you renew: full log tools, Parts Manager photos (you still see ones you already uploaded), Maintenance Manager, radio vault, and site ad-free. If you are over the hangar cap for the new plan, you keep those models but cannot add more. Leftover included Sales Board ads from a year plan also end. Live ads you already paid for run until their own end date.

Is there a lifetime founding price?

No. The live offer is 50% off the first year for annual Supporter, Pro, and Club Business until 1 September 2027. After that year, renewal is the normal annual price.

Why are there three kinds of weather?

Quick weather at the field (Supporter+) is a snapshot when you are there. Weather on the log (Pro) is stored with that flight. VOLMET is the club’s field-weather board — it comes with a verified club, not a pilot plan. Verified clubs also get nav charts (the field chart) at no charge.

Will people see my username?

At your club, members see your username by default — who’s flying, the planner, and other club tools. The public map only shows a count, never your username. You can stay anonymous in your profile any time. This is not a paid perk.

Community-first direction

We grow with pilots and clubs — we do not lock the field behind a paywall.

Verified clubs get VOLMET field weather, nav charts, and the club tools above at no charge. That weather is for RC hobby use only — not manned aviation — and may be offline or inaccurate. See the Terms.

Founding club program: a verified club can earn one year of Club Business free when enough members log real flights (details in the Terms). That free year is not granted automatically yet.

Love RCSpotter? Voluntary donations help pay for servers, bandwidth, photo storage, tools, and engineering.

Ready to fly with RCSpotter?

Create a free account, check in at your field, and upgrade when you need more.