Every lesson

56 lessons · 588 practice questions · 89 original diagrams · free, and no account needed to read.

• Start Here

  Orientation, what the certificate lets you do, and your study plan

  1. 0.1 — Welcome & How to Use This Course
  2. 0.2 — What the Part 107 Certificate Lets You Do
  3. 0.3 — The Exam, Demystified
  4. 0.4 — Your Study Plan

• Regulations

  14 CFR Part 107 and Part 89 — the rules you operate under

  1. 1.1 — What Part 107 Covers — and What It Doesn't
  2. 1.2 — Registration & Marking (Parts 47 & 48)
  3. 1.3 — The Remote PIC: Authority, Responsibility, and Who May Fly
  4. 1.4 — Operating Rules I — The Aircraft and the Crew
  5. 1.5 — Operating Rules II — Where, When, How High, How Fast
  6. 1.6 — Right of Way, Hazardous Operations & Moving Vehicles
  7. 1.7 — Night & Civil Twilight Operations
  8. 1.8 — Operations Over People & Moving Vehicles — Categories 1–4
  9. 1.9 — Remote ID (Part 89)
  10. 1.10 — Accidents, Inspections, Records, Alcohol & Drugs, Waivers

• Airspace & Charts

  Reading the sky and reading a sectional

  1. 2.1 — How US Airspace Is Built
  2. 2.2 — Class G and Class E — Where Most Drone Work Happens
  3. 2.3 — Class D, C, and B — The Airspace You Need Permission For
  4. 2.4 — Reading a Sectional I — Colors, Lines, and Boxes
  5. 2.5 — Reading a Sectional II — Airports and Data Blocks
  6. 2.6 — Reading a Sectional III — Obstructions, Terrain, MEF, Latitude and Longitude
  7. 2.7 — Special Use Airspace
  8. 2.8 — Other Airspace — MTRs, TRSAs, NSAs, Parachute Areas, Wildlife Refuges
  9. 2.9 — TFRs and the NOTAM System
  10. 2.10 — Getting Authorization — LAANC, UAS Facility Maps, DroneZone
  11. 2.11 — Potential Flight Hazards and Weather Minimums

• Weather

  Reading it, understanding it, and deciding whether to fly

  1. 3.1 — The Atmosphere and the Standard Day
  2. 3.2 — Stability, Temperature and Moisture
  3. 3.3 — Air Masses and Fronts
  4. 3.4 — Thunderstorms, Microbursts, Lightning, Hail and Tornadoes
  5. 3.5 — Fog, Icing, Ceiling and Visibility
  6. 3.6 — Wind, Turbulence and Micrometeorology for Small Drones
  7. 3.7 — Density Altitude and How Weather Steals Your Performance
  8. 3.8 — Reading a METAR, Field by Field
  9. 3.9 — Reading a TAF, Winds Aloft, AIRMETs, SIGMETs and PIREPs
  10. 3.10 — Weather Sources and the Go/No-Go Decision

• Loading & Performance

  How drones fly and what weight does to them

  1. 4.1 — How Drones Actually Fly — The Four Forces
  2. 4.2 — Weight, Balance & Center of Gravity
  3. 4.3 — What Loading Does to Performance
  4. 4.4 — Using Performance Data — The Calculations You'll Be Asked To Do

• Operations

  The largest area of the exam — everything about running a flight

  1. 5.1 — Radio Communications & the Phonetic Alphabet
  2. 5.2 — Talking To (and Listening At) Airports — CTAF, UNICOM, ATIS
  3. 5.3 — Airport Operations & Traffic Patterns
  4. 5.4 — Runway Markings, Signs & Airport Lighting
  5. 5.5 — Airport Data Sources & Wildlife Hazards
  6. 5.6 — Emergency Planning, Lost Link & Fly-Aways
  7. 5.7 — Lithium Battery Safety
  8. 5.8 — Frequency Spectrum & Interference
  9. 5.9 — Aeronautical Decision-Making & the Five Hazardous Attitudes
  10. 5.10 — Crew Resource Management & Situational Awareness
  11. 5.11 — Physiology, Vision & Fitness for Flight
  12. 5.12 — Maintenance, Inspection & Preflight (§107.49)

• Exam Preparation

  Registering, test day, cram sheet, and what happens after you pass

  1. 6.1 — Registering with IACRA and PSI, Step by Step
  2. 6.2 — Test Day
  3. 6.3 — The 40 Highest-Yield Facts
  4. 6.4 — Chart Reading Final Drill
  5. 6.5 — After You Pass