Maximize the search area, and still bring it home.
Search patterns, scene overwatch, pre-flight risk assessment, when minutes count, you need to know how much ground a sortie covers and whether it comes back with reserve. RangeSight puts that on the map before launch, with the conditions you used on record.
Free Range Analysis Map · No account to start · iOS & Android
Coverage vs. return reserve shouldn't be a gut call under pressure.
The aircraft's spec-sheet number doesn't know about today's wind, the cold, or the pack from the last sortie.
Coverage vs. reserve
Push the search wider and you eat into the way home. That trade-off deserves better than a glance at the battery icon.
Conditions change fast
Wind, temperature, an aging pack, the things that shrink real range, change between sorties. The spec sheet doesn't.
After-action questions
"What conditions did you plan against?" should have an answer that isn't a shrug.
See the sortie footprint, with the return reserve already in the math.
A planning aid, not a guarantee. It doesn't replace your CONOPS, your training, or your judgment, it puts the numbers on the map.
Check the pattern, leg by leg
Lay (or import) your search pattern, set the aircraft, the battery state, any payload and the live conditions, and the Mission Analysis Map Pro checks every leg: still able to get home with reserve from each turn? It risk-colours the pattern and flags the leg that needs attention. The free Range Analysis check shows the sortie footprint, too.
Plan the pattern inside it
Lay search lines that fit the reach, with the return-home reserve already accounted for, instead of estimating it mid-pattern.
Keep the record
The conditions RangeSight used are visible on the map for the de-brief, what was planned against, in writing.
RangeSight provides planning estimates only, it is not a certified system, it does not guarantee outcomes, and it is not a substitute for your unit's procedures, your training, or your judgment. Treat the rings as guidance with reserve, and keep your own margin.
Plan → Predict → Fly → De-brief.
Same flow as any sortie, one fewer thing left to a gut feel.
Plan
Aircraft profile, battery state, any payload, the launch point.
Analyse
Pull live conditions; the Mission Analysis Map checks the pattern leg by leg.
Fly
Work the pattern inside it.
De-brief
The conditions used are on record on the map.
Free covers the Range Analysis Map and all 31 profiles. For ops use, Pro adds the leg-by-leg analysis and the conditions you launched in.
The Range Analysis Map and all 31 drone profiles are free. Pro adds the leg-by-leg Mission Analysis Map (RangeIQ+), one-tap live weather (the conditions you launched in, recorded), the Custom Drone Builder, payload weight support and offline map packs for remote search areas, the 14-day free trial, then $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr. Outfitting a team? Get in touch
More ways pilots fly RangeSight
Real estate & property
One trip, every angle, know the shoot fits the battery and the weather before you drive out.
ExploreAgriculture & solar
Cover the whole site with fewer swaps, and time the flight to the wind window.
ExploreMapping & survey
Plan the grid around the battery, not the other way round. Import .csv, .kml, .kmz and .gpx.
ExploreHobbyists & explorers
Explore new spots without the white-knuckle return. Free, no account.
ExploreTake off with the numbers, not a guess.
RangeSight is on iOS and Android, with a free Range Analysis Map and a 14-day Pro trial. Pick your drone, set your conditions, read your envelope.