Forensic PDF Report
The forensic PDF report is a professionally formatted, multi-page document generated from your flight log data. It is designed to serve as a standalone, shareable record of a flight's technical performance and health status — readable by both technical and non-technical audiences.
What is Included in the Report
The report is structured into 10 sections:
| Section | Title | Contents | |---|---|---| | A | Flight Summary | Overall grade (A–F), plain-language "what this means for you", 2D/3D distance | | B | System Health | Traffic-light summary across all subsystems | | C | Weather Context | Open-Meteo weather at your flight location and time; flight window assessment; vertical wind profile | | D | Route Map | Satellite tile route map with annotated flight path | | E | EKF Analysis | Estimator health, innovation rejections, lane switches, variance trends | | F | Battery Profile | Voltage curve, sag under load, capacity consumed, endurance estimate | | G | Motor Balance | Actuator output spread; per-motor deviation from mean | | H | Vibration Analysis | VibeX/Y/Z levels, IMU clip count, frequency-domain observations | | I | GPS Health | HDOP profile, satellite count, delta spikes, fix quality timeline | | J | Anomaly Log | Chronological list of all ERR/failsafe/mode-change events with timestamps | | K | Conclusions | Key findings, pre-flight checklist, maintenance action plan, data confidence rating |
The report also includes an Annexure with raw telemetry tables for engineers who need to reference the underlying measurements.
Cover Page
The cover page provides an at-a-glance summary: flight date and time, drone name and type, mission type and environment, total flight duration, 2D/3D distance traveled, and the overall health grade with status badge.
What the Grade Means
| Grade | Status | Meaning | |---|---|---| | A / B | Passed | All parameters within normal operating range | | C / D | Warning | One or more parameters require attention before next flight | | E / F | Grounded | Critical issues detected — do not fly until reviewed |
How to Download the Report
- Open a completed flight analysis from the Logs page.
- In the flight detail view, locate the Download Report button in the report section.
- Click the button. The PDF will be streamed to your browser for download.
If the report was not generated as part of the initial processing (for example, for older log entries), LogHat will generate it on request. You will see a brief "Generating report..." status while this completes — typically 10–30 seconds.
File Naming
Reports are named using the flight's unique identifier and are saved in standard PDF format compatible with all modern PDF readers, print drivers, and document management systems.
Sharing the Report
The PDF report is a standalone file — no LogHat account is required to open or read it. You can share it via:
- Direct email attachment
- Organization document management systems
- Shared cloud storage (Google Drive, Dropbox, SharePoint)
- Printed copies for physical documentation
The report contains no LogHat-specific formatting dependencies and will render correctly in any standard PDF viewer.
Use Cases
Incident Documentation
When a drone incident occurs — a crash, a flyaway, a failsafe activation, or an unexpected landing — a formal incident report is often required by safety officers, insurers, or regulatory bodies. The LogHat forensic PDF provides the baseline technical data for such an investigation: the exact flight timeline, the health of each subsystem, the sequence of system events, and any detected anomalies.
The report is designed to be attachable to a formal incident report without modification. The telemetry graphs, critical alerts log, and health score breakdown provide the evidence layer for the narrative incident description.
Team Review and Safety Briefings
Operations teams can use the PDF report as the basis for post-mission safety briefings. Because the report is formatted to be readable by non-technical team members, a safety officer can review key findings without needing direct access to the LogHat platform or the raw log data.
Reports can be archived in a flight operations log as a standardized record of each mission's technical outcome.
Regulatory Compliance
Many civil aviation authorities and enterprise drone operating organizations require evidence that operators conduct regular airworthiness verification and post-flight review. The LogHat forensic PDF provides a dated, structured, and technically comprehensive flight record that can serve as documentation of compliance with post-flight review requirements.
Note: LogHat's PDF report is a technical data analysis tool and not a certified airworthiness document. Users are responsible for ensuring that their documentation practices meet applicable regulatory requirements in their jurisdiction.
Client Deliverables
Drone service companies providing inspection, survey, or cinematography services can include the LogHat flight report as part of the client deliverable package, demonstrating professional-grade operational standards and providing a documented record of the mission's execution.
PDF Report Availability
The PDF report is available to all registered LogHat users. Guest users (those who upload without creating an account) do not have access to PDF report generation or download.
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