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Section 1: Foundations of FAA Regs, Crew Management, and Drone Flight

1.1 FAA Drone Pilot Registration and Compliance

  • FAA Drone Registration
  • Remote ID Regulations

1.2 Crew Assembly and Roles

  • Remote Pilot in Command & Crewmember Roles
  • Crew Resource Management

1.3 Sky Scanning Guidelines & Rules (Day and Night)

  • Visual Line of Sight & 5 Visual Illusions
  • Buddy Box System
  • Eye Functioning: Day vs. Night
  • Daylight & Nighttime Sky Scanning Methods
  • Nighttime Regulations: Civil Twilight & Anti-Collision Lighting

1.4 Maneuvering your sUAS

  • 3 Axes of Motion: Yaw, Pitch, and Roll
  • 4 Forces of Flight: Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag
  • Critical Angle of Attack and Stalls
  • Center of Gravity and Load Factor
  • LiPo Battery Safety and Maintenance

Section 2: Navigating US Airspace

2.1 Navigating the Planet

  • Longitude vs. Longitude
  • True North vs. Magnetic North
  • AGL vs. MSL: Measuring Altitude

2.2 Airspace Regulations

  • 4 Operating Limitations: Height, Speed, Visibility, and Cloud Ceilings
  • Airspace authorization and waivers

2.3 The National Airspace System U.S.

  • Controlled vs. Uncontrolled Airspace
  • Class B, C, D, E, and G
  • Controlled Airspace: In-depth
  • Uncontrolled Airspace: In-Depth
  • Special Use Airspace: Military, Restricted, Prohibited, and Alert

2.4 Chart Supplement and Sectional Charts

  • Chart Supplement vs. Sectional Chart
  • Sectional Charts:
    • VFR Check points (flag symbol)
    • Notification Boxes
    • Isogonic Lines
    • Maximum Elevation Figures
    • Victor Airways
  • Chart Supplement:
    • Reading Chart Supplement

Section 3: Weather, Emergencies, and Collision Avoidance

3.1 Emergency Procedures

  • Lost Link Procedures + Flight Termination, Flyaways, Loss of GPS, Battery Fires
  • Reporting Accidents or In-Flight Emergencies

3.2 Fieldwork Mindset

  • Aeronautical Decision Making
  • PAVE, IMSAFE, & DECIDE
  • 5 Hazardous Attitudes
  • Alcohol, Drugs, Physiology

3.3 Weather Theory

  • Atmosphere Pressure and Stability (what is weather?)
  • Wind
  • Air Masses and Fronts
  • Clouds and Visibility
  • Thunderstorms
  • Standard Conditions and Density Altitude
  • Currents
  • Moisture, Fog, and Frost
  • Stable vs. Unstable Air

3.4 Collision Prevention

  • Avoiding Guy Wires, Unmanned Balloons, and Smoke Plumes
  • Conducting Site Surveys + Maintaining sUAS Control
  • Flying Over People: Drone Categories: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Flying From Moving Vehicles
  • Airplane Lights and Aircraft Right of Way

Section 4: Airports and Radio Communication

4.1 Airports – runways, traffic, right of way

  • Runways and Traffic Patterns

4.2 Radio Communications

  • Comms Channels: FSS, CTAF, UNICOM, MULTICOM
  • Calling In with the Phonetic Alphabet
  • NOTAMS and TFRs
  • METAR Reports
  • TAF Reports

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