Drone Certification Study Guide: Pass the Part 107 Exam and Learn Drone Regulations, Weather, and Airspace

Drone licensing is required for anyone looking to fly commercially and make money.

The part 107 exam is a 60-question multiple-choice test that must be passed to receive a drone license.

The exam covers topics such as airspace maps, weather charts, and regulations.

🚁 Prior to flying a mission, the remote pilot in command must conduct an assessment of the operating environment, check weather conditions, and ensure that everyone involved has been briefed.

📝 The remote pilot in command must ensure that the controls are working properly, there is sufficient power, and all necessary documentation is visible and available for inspection.

🌇 Nighttime operations are prohibited unless the remote pilot obtains a daylight waiver and uses anti-collision lights during civil twilight hours.

👁️ Visual line of sight operations require the remote pilot to maintain sight of the drone at all times, with brief moments of diversion allowed for certain purposes.

🚁 The FAA regulates drone operations, including speed, altitude, and proximity to structures.

👀 Visibility requirements include minimum visibility of three statute miles and maintaining distance from clouds.

✈️ Right-of-way rules and regulations around flying over people are important for drone pilots to follow.

📜 Certificates of waivers and the consequences of drugs and alcohol are discussed for remote pilots.

💼 The distinction between recreational and commercial pilots and the process of registering a drone with the FAA is explained.

🛩️ Differences between waivers and authorizations for flying in controlled airspace are highlighted.

✈️ Authorizations are required for flying in controlled airspace and can be obtained through waiver requests.

🌦️ Meteorological Terminal Aviation Weather Reports (METAR) and Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAF) provide concise statements of expected weather conditions at airports.

📊 Understanding METAR reports involves interpreting information such as report type, station identifier, date and time, wind data, visibility, weather phenomena, sky condition, temperature, dew point, altimeter setting, and remarks.

📝 The FAA Part 107 Study Guide explains the structure and content of TAF reports, which are similar to METAR reports.

☁️ The guide discusses the importance of obtaining standard, abbreviated, and outlook weather briefings before flying, as well as utilizing flight service stations.

✈️ It also covers the effects of weather on small unmanned aircraft, including density altitude, wind obstructions, and wind shear.

🔑 Microbursts can cause dangerous flight conditions, so it's important to identify them.

🌫️ There are six types of fog, including radiation fog, advection fog, upslope fog, and precipitation-induced fog.

☁️ Low-level clouds include cumulus clouds and stratus clouds, while cirrus clouds indicate a change in weather.

⛈️ Thunderstorms have three stages: cumulus stage, mature stage, and dissipating stage.

🌬️ Stable air masses have consistent conditions, while unstable air masses produce cumulus clouds and showery precipitation.

🚁 Airspace is classified into six categories, and uas operations mainly occur in class G airspace, which is uncontrolled airspace.

🛩️ Different airspace classifications and the need for clearance to fly in controlled airspace.

🚫 Prohibited, restricted, warning, and military operations areas and the restrictions on flying in these areas.

🌐 No TAMS and TFRs, and the importance of checking these before flying near airports.