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PX4 logs detailed aircraft state and sensor data, which can be used to analyze performance issues. This topic explains how you can download and analyse logs, and share them with the development team for review.
:::tip Keeping flight logs is a legal requirement in some jurisdictions. :::
Logs can be downloaded using : .
Upload the log file to the online tool. After upload you'll be emailed a link to the analysis page for the log.
explains how to interpret the plots, and can help you to verify/reject the causes of common problems: excessive vibration, poor PID tuning, saturated controllers, imbalanced vehicles, GPS noise, etc.
:::note There are many other great tools for visualising and analysing PX4 Logs. For more information see: . :::
:::tip If you have a constant high-rate MAVLink connection to the vehicle (not just a telemetry link) then you can use QGroundControl to automatically upload logs directly to Flight Review. For more information see . :::
The log file link can be shared for discussion in the or a .
The logging system is configured by default to collect sensible logs for use with .
Logging may further be configured using the parameters or with a file on the SD card. Details on configuration can be found in the .