Flight Manager Logger

Flight Manager Logger is a professional desktop application designed to streamline flight data logging, vehicle management, and parameter tracking for drone operations. It provides a robust, self-contained environment for maintaining operational history and ensuring pre-flight safety.

🚀 Key Features

Flight Logging & Security

• Comprehensive Data Entry: Log essential flight details including Flight ID, Date, Vehicle, Mission Title, and detailed Notes.
• Log Locking: Secure important records by "locking" them. Locked logs are protected from accidental deletion and automated cleanup processes.
• File Attachments: Easily attach external flight log files and parameter files. The system automatically organizes these files into a managed directory structure.

Preflight Checklist

• Dynamic & Customizable: Create and manage a custom preflight checklist via the settings menu.
• Smart Validation: Supports advanced validation rules (e.g., value > 10 or required) using a secure AST-based evaluation engine to ensure operational safety.

Vehicle Management

• Fleet Tracking: Manage an unlimited fleet of vehicles.
• Archiving: Archive retired vehicles to keep your active selection list clean while preserving historical flight data.

Parameter Analysis

• Comparison Tool: Compare current parameter files against historical records to track configuration changes over time.
• Ignore Patterns: Define glob patterns (e.g., STAT_*, BARO_*) to filter out telemetry noise and focus on critical parameter shifts.

Search & History

• Multi-Column Filtering: Quickly find records by Date or Vehicle with real-time, debounced searching.
• Advanced Sorting: Sort your flight history by any column (ID, Vehicle, Date, etc.) to organize your data effectively.

Data Management & Portability

• Automated Cleanup: Configure automatic log file pruning based on total storage size (GB) or file age (days) to manage disk space.
• Settings Portability: Export and Import your entire configuration (Checklists, Vehicles, Ignore Patterns) via JSON for easy backup or synchronization across machines.
• Robust Storage: Powered by a local SQLite database for reliability and high performance.

🛠️ Technical Stack

• Language: Python 3.x
• UI Framework: Tkinter (with High-DPI support and dynamic font scaling)
• Database: SQLite 3
• Packaging: PyInstaller

⚙️ Installation & Build

Running from Source

1. Ensure Python 3.x is installed.
2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the application:

   python main.py

Building the Executable

The project includes a comprehensive build pipeline that handles icon conversion and dependency packaging.

1. Run the build script:

   python build.py

   Or use the batch wrapper on Windows:

   compile.bat

2. The standalone EXE will be located in the dist/ folder.