Your Free Part 107 Starter Pack

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✅ Part 107 Cheat Sheet — the highest-yield facts

Core operating limits (memorize cold)

• Max altitude: 400 ft AGL (or within 400 ft of a structure)
• Max groundspeed: 100 mph (87 knots)
• Min visibility: 3 statute miles from the control station
• Cloud clearance: 500 ft below, 2,000 ft horizontal
• Time of day: day or civil twilight (30 min before sunrise / after sunset) with anti-collision lighting visible 3 SM
• VLOS at all times · one aircraft per pilot · always yield to manned aircraft
• Weight: 0.55 lb (250 g) – 55 lb

Airspace

• Class G (uncontrolled): no authorization needed
• Class B, C, D, surface E: need ATC authorization — get it via LAANC or FAA DroneZone
• Read the sectional chart; check TFRs & NOTAMs before every flight

Registration & Remote ID

• Register at FAA DroneZone ($5, 3 yrs); mark the number on the drone
• Remote ID required — broadcast module/built-in, or fly at a FRIA

Test + currency

• 60 questions, 70% to pass, 120 min, at a PSI testing center
• Recurrent training every 24 calendar months (free online course)
• Report accidents to the FAA within 10 days if serious injury or ≥ $500 damage

📝 20 Practice Questions

1. Max groundspeed for a small UA? A. 100 mph · B. 87 mph · C. 100 kt · D. 400 mph
2. Max altitude (unless within 400 ft of a structure)? A. 500 AGL · B. 400 MSL · C. 400 AGL · D. 1,000 AGL
3. Minimum flight visibility? A. 1 SM · B. 3 SM · C. 5 SM · D. 3 NM
4. To fly in Class D you must first obtain? A. nothing · B. a medical · C. ATC authorization (LAANC) · D. manufacturer waiver
5. Required cloud clearance? A. clear of clouds · B. 500 below/1,000 horiz · C. 500 below/2,000 horiz · D. 1,000 below/1 mi
6. Recurrent training interval? A. 12 mo · B. 24 calendar mo · C. 6 mo · D. never
7. Which airspace needs NO authorization? A. B · B. C · C. D · D. G
8. Night ops require the aircraft to have? A. a waiver always · B. anti-collision lighting visible 3 SM · C. landing lights · D. nothing
9. A drone must be registered if it weighs? A. >55 lb · B. 0.55–55 lb · C. any weight · D. >25 lb
10. Report an accident to the FAA when? A. never · B. within 10 days if serious injury or ≥ $500 damage · C. within 24 hrs always · D. only if asked
11. Numbers in a blue segmented circle on a sectional show? A. runway length · B. Class D ceiling (hundreds of ft) · C. frequency · D. mag variation
12. Density altitude is highest when? A. low/cold/dry · B. high/hot/humid · C. sea level/cold · D. high/cold/dry
13. Who has final authority for the operation? A. visual observer · B. FAA · C. remote PIC · D. client
14. Which product is a FORECAST? A. NOTAM · B. TAF · C. AIRMET archive · D. sectional
15. Remote ID can be met by all EXCEPT? A. built-in standard RID · B. broadcast module · C. flying at a FRIA · D. filing a flight plan with ATC
16. Operations over people require? A. nothing · B. meeting a Category 1–4 or a waiver · C. a second pilot · D. flying below 100 ft
17. How many aircraft may one pilot operate at once? A. one · B. two · C. three · D. unlimited w/ observer
18. You check TFRs mainly to? A. find fuel · B. avoid temporarily restricted airspace · C. calc density altitude · D. register the drone
19. When a manned aircraft approaches you must? A. climb to 400 · B. yield the right of way · C. hover · D. speed up
20. Civil twilight is generally? A. 60 min before/after · B. 30 min before sunrise/after sunset · C. at sunrise/sunset · D. anytime sun is visible

Answer key: 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-C, 5-C, 6-B, 7-D, 8-B, 9-B, 10-B, 11-B, 12-B, 13-C, 14-B, 15-D, 16-B, 17-A, 18-B, 19-B, 20-B