diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.qrc b/qgroundcontrol.qrc
index 29536c97e4bc00cb6b9df7cd5d400e01f695c7fb..1d4ec4ff3c15e24720c1acd9eb06a2a2528b4212 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.qrc
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.qrc
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 		<file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/PreFlightCheckButton.qml">src/QmlControls/PreFlightCheckButton.qml</file>
 		<file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/PreFlightCheckGroup.qml">src/QmlControls/PreFlightCheckGroup.qml</file>
 		<file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/PreFlightCheckList.qml">src/QmlControls/PreFlightCheckList.qml</file>
+		<file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/PreFlightCheckModel.qml">src/QmlControls/PreFlightCheckModel.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCButton.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCButton.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCCheckBox.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCCheckBox.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCColoredImage.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCColoredImage.qml</file>
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@
         <file alias="QGroundControl/FlightDisplay/GuidedAltitudeSlider.qml">src/FlightDisplay/GuidedAltitudeSlider.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/FlightDisplay/MultiVehicleList.qml">src/FlightDisplay/MultiVehicleList.qml</file>
 		<file alias="QGroundControl/FlightDisplay/PreFlightBatteryCheck.qml">src/FlightDisplay/PreFlightBatteryCheck.qml</file>
-		<file alias="QGroundControl/FlightDisplay/PreFlightCheckModel.qml">src/FlightDisplay/PreFlightCheckModel.qml</file>
+		<file alias="QGroundControl/FlightDisplay/BuiltInPreFlightCheckModel.qml">src/FlightDisplay/BuiltInPreFlightCheckModel.qml</file>
 		<file alias="QGroundControl/FlightDisplay/PreFlightGPSCheck.qml">src/FlightDisplay/PreFlightGPSCheck.qml</file>
 		<file alias="QGroundControl/FlightDisplay/PreFlightRCCheck.qml">src/FlightDisplay/PreFlightRCCheck.qml</file>
 		<file alias="QGroundControl/FlightDisplay/PreFlightSensorsHealthCheck.qml">src/FlightDisplay/PreFlightSensorsHealthCheck.qml</file>
diff --git a/src/FlightDisplay/PreFlightCheckModel.qml b/src/FlightDisplay/BuiltInPreFlightCheckModel.qml
similarity index 99%
rename from src/FlightDisplay/PreFlightCheckModel.qml
rename to src/FlightDisplay/BuiltInPreFlightCheckModel.qml
index 1800ba5d8289da1a007da565d76f2d240b1302d0..c39a6396602f43188732f546b349bed38af3d128 100644
--- a/src/FlightDisplay/PreFlightCheckModel.qml
+++ b/src/FlightDisplay/BuiltInPreFlightCheckModel.qml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import QGroundControl.Controls      1.0
 import QGroundControl.Palette       1.0
 import QGroundControl.Vehicle       1.0
 
-ObjectModel {
+PreFlightCheckModel {
     PreFlightCheckGroup {
         name: qsTr("Initial checks")
 
diff --git a/src/FlightDisplay/FlightDisplayView.qml b/src/FlightDisplay/FlightDisplayView.qml
index 8212ac80a9677d9fe541a68b28e8301c7eb0a588..7126411db1bedb7b2eb2e09996d0c3e6e5d93d9b 100644
--- a/src/FlightDisplay/FlightDisplayView.qml
+++ b/src/FlightDisplay/FlightDisplayView.qml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ QGCView {
         Component.onCompleted:  start(true /* flyView */)
     }
 
-    PreFlightCheckModel {
+    BuiltInPreFlightCheckModel {
         id: preFlightCheckModel
     }
 
diff --git a/src/FlightDisplay/qmldir b/src/FlightDisplay/qmldir
index 4bcf077af21db510c357df20fed284e17e7d0ead..f37894a8b7de3e97cf3a70eb14bd974b818c5000 100644
--- a/src/FlightDisplay/qmldir
+++ b/src/FlightDisplay/qmldir
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ GuidedActionList            1.0 GuidedActionList.qml
 GuidedAltitudeSlider        1.0 GuidedAltitudeSlider.qml
 MultiVehicleList            1.0 MultiVehicleList.qml
 PreFlightBatteryCheck       1.0 PreFlightBatteryCheck.qml
-PreFlightCheckModel         1.0 PreFlightCheckModel.qml
+BuiltInPreFlightCheckModel  1.0 BuiltInPreFlightCheckModel.qml
 PreFlightGPSCheck           1.0 PreFlightGPSCheck.qml
 PreFlightRCCheck            1.0 PreFlightRCCheck.qml
 PreFlightSensorsHealthCheck 1.0 PreFlightSensorsHealthCheck.qml
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/PreFlightCheckList.qml b/src/QmlControls/PreFlightCheckList.qml
index 043a3d9bc40a29530bd317840358e88ed75b516e..b37caf1268169d7cdb8ef74f3ad13bb534dc7b55 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/PreFlightCheckList.qml
+++ b/src/QmlControls/PreFlightCheckList.qml
@@ -25,17 +25,6 @@ Rectangle {
 
     property bool _passed: false
 
-    function reset() {
-        for (var i=0; i<model.count; i++) {
-            var group = model.get(i)
-            group.reset()
-            group.enabled = i === 0
-            group._checked = i === 0
-        }
-    }
-
-    Component.onCompleted: reset()
-
     // We delay the updates when a group passes so the user can see all items green for a moment prior to hiding
     Timer {
         id:         delayedGroupPassed
@@ -94,7 +83,7 @@ Rectangle {
                 opacity :               0.2+0.8*(QGroundControl.multiVehicleManager.vehicles.count > 0)
                 tooltip:                qsTr("Reset the checklist (e.g. after a vehicle reboot)")
 
-                onClicked: reset()
+                onClicked: model.reset()
 
                 Image { source:"/qmlimages/MapSyncBlack.svg" ; anchors.fill: parent }
             }
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/PreFlightCheckModel.qml b/src/QmlControls/PreFlightCheckModel.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c7cfab04204d9e0c2377eac8bcc63fa7ce3de21b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/QmlControls/PreFlightCheckModel.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+ *
+ *   (c) 2009-2016 QGROUNDCONTROL PROJECT <http://www.qgroundcontrol.org>
+ *
+ * QGroundControl is licensed according to the terms in the file
+ * COPYING.md in the root of the source code directory.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+import QtQuick      2.3
+import QtQml.Models 2.1
+
+ObjectModel {
+    id: _root
+
+    function reset() {
+        for (var i=0; i<_root.count; i++) {
+            var group = _root.get(i)
+            group.reset()
+            group.enabled = i === 0
+            group._checked = i === 0
+        }
+    }
+
+    Component.onCompleted: reset()
+
+}
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QGroundControl.Controls.qmldir b/src/QmlControls/QGroundControl.Controls.qmldir
index 963168263a1219398a4f6b650617f6b978e3f5c8..cac9e41c9d2cb54bd8e893a335c731a0d9ea44ad 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QGroundControl.Controls.qmldir
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QGroundControl.Controls.qmldir
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ PlanToolBar             1.0 PlanToolBar.qml
 PreFlightCheckButton    1.0 PreFlightCheckButton.qml
 PreFlightCheckGroup     1.0 PreFlightCheckGroup.qml
 PreFlightCheckList      1.0 PreFlightCheckList.qml
+PreFlightCheckModel     1.0 PreFlightCheckModel.qml
 QGCButton               1.0 QGCButton.qml
 QGCCheckBox             1.0 QGCCheckBox.qml
 QGCColoredImage         1.0 QGCColoredImage.qml