Every student, one view
See who is ready for a stage check, who needs another lesson and who is close to the checkride. Filter by certificate: private, instrument, commercial, CFI.
Right Rudder
Less paperwork. More flight time.
Right Rudder keeps every student’s progress, checklists and endorsements in one place, so a flight instructor spends the hour teaching instead of filling in forms. Built by a working CFI who got tired of spreadsheets.
Download on the App Store
One purchase, every future update. The Right Rudder Student companion is a separate $4.99 app.
You became a CFI to teach, not to file.
Between progress tracking, endorsements, checkride paperwork and scheduling, the admin piles up. Spreadsheets sprawl, and details slip through the cracks right before a checkride.
Right Rudder handles the record keeping, so the briefing room is for teaching again.
Inside Right Rudder
The whole record, in one tap
Contact details, dual given, lesson history and the next lesson plan, together on one screen instead of scattered across a logbook, a binder and your memory.
Checklists that follow the syllabus
Work through each lesson’s items and tick them off as the student demonstrates them. Build your own templates for the way you teach.
Endorsements, correctly worded
Every Part 61 endorsement, filled in with the student’s name, your certificate number and the date. Export to PDF or print it straight into the logbook.
Students stay in the loop
Share a profile with the student and they follow their own progress and endorsements in the Right Rudder Student app.
Right Rudder on iPad
Right Rudder on iPad with the student list beside a lesson checklist Checklist templates on iPad Settings on iPad with iCloud backup and theme choices
What Right Rudder users say
I’ve been using this since you first put it in the beta release. For the first month or two it was pretty much a useful gimmick, but the more time I put into it the more useful it became. Excellent job.”
Can confirm, app works great!”
Questions
Is it approved by the FAA?
Right Rudder helps you produce correctly formatted endorsements and records, but you remain responsible for their accuracy and your signature. It is a tool, not a substitute for your judgment as an instructor.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Record lesson notes on the ramp without a signal. Everything syncs through your iCloud when you are back online.
What if I stop using it?
Export your data any time. Student records, endorsements and history are yours.
Can my flight school use it?
Right Rudder is built for individual instructors. If you run a school and want it for several instructors, email me about volume licensing.
What does the student app do?
Right Rudder Student ($4.99, sold separately) lets your students see their progress, upcoming lessons and endorsements, synced from your instructor app.
Get Right Rudder.
For iPhone, iPad and Mac. $14.99 once.
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