What you will learn
- Determine when an operation falls under Part 107 versus the recreational exception.
- Apply the Part 107 operating limitations — altitude, speed, visibility, and daylight rules.
- Read sectional charts and obtain controlled-airspace authorization through LAANC.
- Apply the operations-over-people categories and the Remote ID requirements.
- Interpret aviation weather products and make sound go/no-go decisions as remote PIC.
Topics covered
The Part 107 Regulatory Framework
What 14 CFR Part 107 covers and excludes, applicability, and the operations that fall under recreational or exemption rules instead.
Remote Pilot Certification & Currency
Eligibility, the initial knowledge test, recurrent training currency, and the remote pilot certificate with an sUAS rating.
Registration & Marking
Part 48 registration, marking requirements, and when a small unmanned aircraft must be registered.
Remote PIC Responsibility & Preflight
The remote pilot in command as final authority, preflight inspection, and the crewmember roles under Part 107.
Operating Limitations
Maximum groundspeed and altitude, minimum visibility, daylight/civil-twilight operations, and the anti-collision lighting rules.
Visual Line of Sight & Right-of-Way
The VLOS requirement, use of a visual observer, yielding right-of-way, and prohibitions on careless or reckless operation.
Airspace & ATC Authorization
Reading sectional charts, controlled-airspace authorization, and requesting access via LAANC near towered airports.
Operations Over People & Remote ID
The category framework for operations over human beings and the Part 89 Remote Identification requirements.
Weather, Performance, Emergencies & ADM
Reading METARs/TAFs, density-altitude and loading effects, aeronautical decision-making, emergencies, and Part 107 waivers.
Prerequisites
- •Be at least 16 years old to hold a remote pilot certificate.
- •No prior aviation experience is required to begin studying.
- •A TSA security background check is completed as part of certification.
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Question stem and answer options are shown verbatim in English as published by the FAA in its public-domain sample question materials (17 U.S.C. §105). The explanation is AeroCopilot’s own. AeroCopilot is an independent study tool — it is not sponsored by, endorsed by, or affiliated with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Who is responsible for determining whether a small unmanned aircraft operation can be conducted safely?
- AThe Federal Aviation Administration
- BThe remote pilot in command
- CThe visual observer
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B. The remote pilot in command
The remote pilot in command is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of the small unmanned aircraft system. That includes determining, before and during flight, that the operation can be conducted safely.
Reference: 14 CFR §107.19
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