Version 7.17 helps you before, during and after the flight: at a check on site, when choosing the right moment and when looking back at the flight. Much of it is also available in the browser at web.hoverpoint.info.

Proof QR for checks

During a check you show a QR code that is valid for 15 or 60 minutes. Whoever scans it sees, without logging in, exactly the details you release: name, operator ID, competency certificates with validity, insurance and, if you like, your drone. “End sharing” makes the code invalid immediately. It does not replace the documents you have to carry. Free.

Flight windows

In the weather check, Hoverpoint shows the best daylight time windows, rated with the same traffic light as the weather check and with your drone’s limits. There is also a line “Now at home: Go / With limits / No-Go”. Free for one place and the next 12 hours; with Pro for up to five places from your saved spots and three days ahead.

Flight replay

In the flight analysis you play back imported flights on the map, up to 64 times faster. The info box shows flight time, altitude, speed, distance from the start and battery. A marker in the chart shows the position, and a tap on the chart jumps there.

Also new

• Batteries in the hangar: charge cycles now count automatically from the flight log and the DJI log. In the flight log you pick the batteries of a flight, and you set the “Check battery” limit yourself.
• Deadlines and certificates as PDF: pilot, competency certificates, insurance, drones and all deadlines with status in one document for clients or authorities. Free.
• Geo zones for Portugal and Bulgaria: the official zones from ANAC Portugal and CAA Bulgaria on the map, in the zone check and in the offline package. That makes 16 countries.
• Waypoint routes: under “At the end of the route” you choose return to the start point, fly to the first waypoint, land or hover. In the web editor the waypoint window now docks at the map edge and can be moved.
• Start view: in the settings you decide what Hoverpoint opens with.
• Support and Drohnie’s spot search have been improved.

Version 7.17 is available for Android and iPhone.