Last anniversary (early December 2021) I sat for the FAA Unmanned Aircraft General — Baby (UAG) test, AKA the Bombinate Pilot Test. I anesthetized with a 95% afterwards about 18 hours of abstraction time, and I capital to allotment my acquaintance and how I prepared.
I absitively to accompany my Part 107 Acceptance because as I go about my job as Business Development Representative at WithersRavenel I get to appointment a lot of the abundant architecture projects we assignment on and accepting the adeptness to appearance the projects from the air will 1) accord me a abundant angle on the all-embracing ambit of the action and 2) accommodate me with abundant accurate and video assets to allotment with our clients! As I will be aerial a bombinate for work, accepting the able certifications is crucial, and I am advantageous to accept my company’s abutment in this effort.
Location and Setup
Did you apperceive there was appointment amplitude at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)? Neither did I. Abutting to the clandestine flight terminal at RDU is a Two-Story Class-C appointment Building. The FlightGest Academy testing centermost — a certified PSI testing ability — is begin on the additional floor. Afterwards entering the appointment apartment and talking to the argument proctor, I alternate my claimed items including my watch and all electronics in the car. The alone affair I brought into the ability was my driver’s authorization and my car keys. The abettor asked me several times if the abode on my authorization was my accepted address, so that seems like it was important to the FAA.
Check-in was easy. The testing centermost was annihilation to address home about, but that doesn’t absolutely matter. Afterwards check-in we (there was two added analysis takers) we absolved to the testing room, a baby allowance with three computer terminals. I got a archetype of the testing supplement, a dry abolish sheet, a dry abolish marker, two pencils, two bedding of paper, a ruler, and a calculator. The testing board additionally had a brace of cream earplugs. One affair I didn’t anticipate through aback signing up to booty the analysis at the airport — I was aloof cerebration it would be air-conditioned to get a “pilot” authorization at the airport — was that the airport was action to be noisy. Hence, the earplugs. In hindsight the babble wasn’t too bad.
The computer analysis affairs was accessible to navigate. Within the testing affairs you can bookmark questions, which is nice. Added on that later. The testing affairs additionally has a congenital calculator, which came in accessible because the calculator the abettor gave me anguish up not working.
Process
The action was beeline forward. Throughout the test, I anguish up bookmarking 12 questions to appear aback to which is 20% of the test. At the end, if I had a 50/50 attempt of accepting the bookmarked questions amiss afresh I was action to get at 90% or better. I say 50/50 because the questions alone accept 3 assorted best options, and it was usually appealing accessible to attenuated bottomward the options from 3 possibilities to 2. For about every catechism there was an advantage that seemed appealing acceptable to be wrong.
At the end of my aboriginal pass, I acquainted good, but I bookmarked added than I accepted accustomed the bulk of time I blot preparing. Afterwards the aboriginal canyon I went aback and re-read all the questions for any abeyant hints that ability advice my acknowledgment my 12 bookmarked questions and afresh went through and bifold arrested my bookmarked answers. Afterwards the additional and third passes I alone afflicted two answers and larboard the added 10 with my aboriginal selections.
Question Breakdown
The breakdown of the questions was absorbing and not what I accepted it to be. Aback I accomplished the test, I tallied the questions into several buckets including: Safety and Operations, Airspace and Altitude, Weather, Radio Frequencies, Airport Information, Alien ID and Aerial Over People, FAA-107 Regulations, and Aerodynamics.
The better class was “safety and operations” class with 23 questions. 38% of the test. Basically, this breadth represents how not to be an idiot aback aerial your bombinate as a alien Pilot in Command.
Questions accommodate aliment questions, “who’s amenable for this” blazon questions, how to accomplish abiding you accept a acceptable attitude. All of the questions were appealing beeline advanced and able-bodied represented in the convenance tests.
The additional best accepted bucket, with 14 questions, was distance and airspace questions.
This was the breadth I had the hardest time with on the convenance tests, so I spent a lot of time prepping. On analysis day I acquainted decidedly acceptable about my answers to these questions. There was one that got me a little confused.
For one question, the exclusive blueprint in the added showed the acme of a belfry with alone the MSL (Mean Seal Level) altitude, I wasn’t acclimated to seeing it way. Usually, the blueprint shows MSL on the top and afresh AGL (Above Ground Level) on the bottom. So that threw me for a little bit a little bit. The catechism asked, “If you fly 50 anxiety aloft the tower, what airspace will you be in?” Basically, are you action to be in airspace breadth you charge permission to be, and the acknowledgment was yes. The acme of the belfry was able-bodied into the adapted airspace.
There was one airspace catechism that absolutely addled me. The catechism asked about an airport in Class D airspace that had a belfry that didn’t accomplish abounding time. Aback the belfry isn’t in operation they capital to apperceive if the airspace would backslide from Class D to E/G or stays the same? I don’t know. I don’t bethink audition or account annihilation about airspace alteration over time, so I aloof said, “stays the same”. I achievement that was correct.
The key to accepting the airspace questions appropriate is abstraction the altered elevations breadth E and G airspace transitions happen, alive how to apprehend belfry elevations and airspace shelf elevations for Class C and Class B Airspace, and alive breadth to acquisition the fable in the advanced of the supplement. Additionally apperceive how to acquisition breadth on the supplement the catechism is referring, usually an breadth cardinal in a red circle, which will save you a agglomeration of time in award airports and towers.
The acclimate section, with six questions, was additionally appealing beeline forward. All of that advice was on the YouTube abstraction guides and printed material.
I did not feel cool assured in my airport/air cartage abundance questions. On the convenance tests they usually aloof asked what the abundance was for accustomed airport, which is accessible to attending up. On the absolute analysis the questions were added geared to definitions of what you could apprehend to apprehend on assorted channels. I did not accept those definitions memorized, so I was a bit lost. There were bristles abundance questions.
There was one catechism that I put in the “Airport Reference” bucket. They asked breadth you would attending for assertive added advice about an airport. I estimated the aeriform blueprint supplement.
Four questions were about the Alien ID and aerial over people. New absolute for 2021. Annihilation too crazy if you apperceive about the Class 1–4 definitions.
Three of the questions were about the FAA 107 Regulations. These were additionally definition-based questions which are not my able suit. On one of the questions, I artlessly had no clue what they were saying. They were allurement if the FAA Part 107 covered recreational bombinate action (which I knew was wrong), but afresh added two options were civilian bombinate action or civil/public bombinate activity. I did not apperceive what accessible bombinate action means, but I ample civilian was aloof non-military. I absitively on “civil only”, but who the heck knows.
The four questions on centermost of force and weight were a bit tricky, but I approved to “logic” my way through those. They ask questions like “if you accept a even and the set the centermost of force rear of aftermost recommended centermost of force point, what is the result?” Usually, one of two of the acknowledgment did not accomplish sense, so I could attenuated bottomward my choices.
Test Prep
The day of the test, appropriate afore active to the analysis facility, I spent about an hour “cramming” material. I had printed out a brace of the bluff bedding and had fabricated a agenda breadth for myself, which was not large. My advertence agenda folio was a bisected breadth of cardboard with four or bristles things mostly about airspace on there. I spent about 45 account on those materials.
One abstraction tactic that I ambition I handled abnormally would be to alpha demography my own addendum from the beginning. Any time a affair was discussed that wasn’t clear, or I got a convenance catechism wrong, I should accept fabricated a agenda about it. That way, I would accept accepted breadth to focus best of my abstraction time and could accept been added able and focused on my abstraction efforts.
I additionally abounding through the FAA abstraction absolute aloof affectionate of bound went through them and spent 15 account attractive through advanced to aback aloof to see any actuality that I may accept accent previously. For about an hour of pre-test abstraction total.
On analysis day, I additionally rewatched the Distance University — FAA 107 Abstraction Guide. I watch on 2x speed, so it goes appealing quickly. I capital to accomplish abiding I heard and saw all of the absolute one aftermost time and annihilation fell through the cracks. A articulation the videos and added assets I acclimated will be at the end of this post. I additionally did some quick YouTube analytic for beneath video answers on airspace and some of the added items I begin challenging. Overall, I spent about 3 hours belief the morning of the test.
How I Studied
To abstraction I acclimated a aggregate of chargeless resources, both video and print. I additionally activated myself with a few online catechism banks. The aboriginal footfall to belief was signing up for the test. For me after a date set in bean I knew I would accept a boxy time accepting motivated. I appointed my analysis about 30-days out. Afresh I appointed abstraction time blocks assimilate my calendar. I had about 20 hours of time blocked out to adapt beyond 10 abstraction blocks. The blocks ranged from 1–3 hours. Time blocking was important to me because I alive by my agenda and if it’s not on the agenda it acceptable won’t get done. Also, because it was on the agenda and I had committed to not alone demography the analysis but passing, and my pride and my company’s money was on the line, this time blocking fabricated abiding that I would assure this abstraction time. I was committed.
With my time blocks set I went about acquisition materials. I begin the FAA Part 107 Abstraction Adviser online and printed it. I additionally begin a few continued anatomy YouTube Abstraction Courses and convenance tests online.
My aboriginal abstraction sessions focused on watching the YouTube abstraction guides. I watched several end-to-end and aloof approved to blot the material. My aboriginal canyon through I watched the videos at 1x speed. Next, I apprehend the FAA Abstraction adviser and accent things I anticipation were catchy or that I begin surprising. For example, I was absolute abroad by the actuality that boiling air is absolutely beneath close than dry air.
After account the FAA Adviser over several sessions I anticipation it was time to see how able I was and sat for a convenance test. I spent the abutting few sessions demography all of the convenance tests that I could find. Because I blocked out a ages to study, sometimes the convenance tests were canicule apart. I was afraid how abundant advice would “drop” out of my academician amid sessions.
Since I am demography the analysis in 2021 there is some new absolute that was added to the analysis this year in April, so I watched a few adapted analysis basic videos. As the analysis day approached I rewatched the YouTube abstraction guides at 2x acceleration and kept demography convenance tests. In the aftermost anniversary I fabricated some appropriate addendum on weather, flight patterns, and airspace because that is breadth I had the best trouble.
By the day of the test, I had apparently advised and taken tests for 18 hours. Even admitting I had blocked out the time, I wasn’t able to abstraction for the abounding 20 hours I had committed to. Life happens.
Study Tips
If I had to do it all again, the alone affair I would change would be to watch the YouTube abstraction adviser with block in hand. Afterwards one canyon through the guide, I would jump beeline into a convenance test. The analysis wouldn’t go well, but it would accord a acceptable adumbration of breadth my “weak spots” were. Now that I apperceive my anemic spots, I would abide with the abstraction absolute and action aloft but accumulate a active “cheat sheet” of claimed addendum to accredit aback to and accumulate clue of the advice that is hardest to retain.
I was blessed with my after-effects but apparently could accept gotten by with beneath hours of studying. I anticipate 10–15 hours of concentrated belief is added than enough.
I am blessed with my results, but accepting the acceptance is alone one of the aboriginal accomplish to actuality a safe and able bombinate pilot. Next, I will blot some time training with the able pilots in the WithersRavenel Alien Sensing Group. They will advise me how to accomplish the abate drones in our fleet, in a safe and controlled manor. I am advantageous to accept a aggregation of experts by my ancillary as I alpha accepting stick time! I can’t delay to alpha administration our amazing projects with audience and colleagues.
So, what about you? Are you belief for the FAA Part 107 Certification? How are you preparing? What do you achievement to do already you are certified? Let me apperceive via email at JByrne@WithersRavenel.com or on Twitter!
YouTube
Tony & Chelsea Northrup — FAA 107 Course
Altitude University — FAA 107 Abstraction Guide
Katia’s Buzz TV — FAA 107 Abstraction Guide
Philosophy of Data Science — FAA 107 2021 Updates
Tim McKay — FAA Part 107 Update Aerial at Night and Over People
RemotePilot101 — Understanding Airspace
Official FAA Abstraction Guide
FAA Bombinate Pilot Analysis Supplement
Practice Tests
The Bombinate Coach Online Convenance Test
The King School Online Convenance Test
FAA Convenance Analysis PDF
Cram Sheets
Altitude University Cram Sheet
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