Flight Track

The Flight Track tab replays a Blackbox flight on an interactive 3D map. When a parsed log contains GPS position data, the Log Analyzer adds a Flight Track tab next to Graph, Table, Analyzer, and Setup. It renders the complete flight path as a color-coded 3D track and lets you fly through the recording with a live HUD, control-stick visualization, and telemetry readouts.

When the tab appears

Flight Track is shown automatically for Betaflight .bbl and INAV .txt logs that include GPS frames. If the selected log was recorded without GPS data, the tab is not available and a notice explains that a flight track can only be shown for logs that recorded GPS position data. In files that contain multiple logs, the tab follows the currently selected log.

The 3D map

• 3D flight path: the GPS track is drawn as a smooth, color-coded tube in 3D space, elevated according to the recorded altitude
• Map styles: switch between a street map and satellite imagery at any time
• Departure and landing markers: the first and last GPS fix of the log are marked on the map
• Altitude reference: the track is anchored to ground level, so the lowest GPS fix sits on the map surface and the path height reflects altitude above that point
• Fullscreen mode: expand the map in-app; the HUD, sticks, playback, and telemetry panels become movable overlays inside the fullscreen view

Playback and instruments

The playback controls below the map animate an aircraft marker along the track. You can play and pause, reset to the start, change the animation speed, and scrub to any position. While the flight plays back, the instruments update in sync with the current GPS point:

• Digital HUD: attitude, heading, speed, altitude, vertical speed, battery, and GPS fix status with satellite count
• Control sticks: throttle/yaw and elevator/aileron stick positions as recorded in the log
• Telemetry panel: battery voltage, current, satellites, coordinates, speed, altitude, and vertical speed — collapsible below the playback controls

Typical uses

• Correlate a tuning observation from Graph View with where and how the craft was actually flying
• Review approach geometry, turns, and altitude profile of a flight without exporting anything
• Check GPS coverage and fix quality along the route before trusting position-based conclusions

Troubleshooting

• "This log contains no GPS data": the flight controller did not record GPS frames in this log. Enable GPS logging in your firmware's Blackbox settings and record a new flight.
• Tab missing in a multi-log file: only the currently selected log is checked for GPS data — switch logs with the log selector.

The same 3D map is also used for CSV-based flight logs — see GPS Track & Map for the color-coding modes and CSV import details.