Prep for the FAA Part 107 knowledge test — officially the Unmanned Aircraft General–Small (UAG) exam — with the real questions and an instructor's explanation on every single one. No drone hours, no aviation background, no prior knowledge required. You start from zero and we teach you the rest.
The UAG test is taken on a computer at an FAA-approved PSI testing center, and you get your result on the screen before you leave. You must be 14 to sit the test and 16 to hold the certificate — so it's fine to test at 14 or 15 and apply once you turn 16. If you don't pass, there's no limit on attempts, but you wait 14 calendar days and pay the $175 again. That fee is the reason first-time passes matter: failing once costs almost six times what this course does.
Part 107 is a standalone certificate — the FAA requires no flight training, no existing pilot certificate, and no aviation experience. Plenty of our students have never flown anything and have never read a sectional chart.
The test still asks about airspace, weather, and regulations, so we teach those from the beginning rather than assuming you already picked them up somewhere.
Our UAG bank tracks the actual FAA question pool closely, so what you practice on is what you'll face. No surprises, no padding with invented questions that will never appear.
Not generic, auto-generated blurbs on a handful of questions — a real explanation written by an instructor on every question in the bank, telling you why the right answer is right and why the others aren't.
That's what turns "I memorized this" into "I understand this," which is what you need when the wording on test day is slightly different.
Web-based and always in sync — study on your laptop at home, your phone on a break. Take as many full-length practice exams as you want until you're consistently clearing 70%.
By far the biggest area: crew resource management, aeronautical decision-making, emergency procedures, Remote ID, night operations, maintenance and pre-flight, and risk management.
What Part 107 actually permits — the 400 ft AGL ceiling, 100 mph limit, visual line of sight, waivers, and who may operate.
Reading sectional charts, identifying airspace classes, and knowing when you need ATC authorization. This is the area most first-timers underestimate — and the one our explanations spend the most time on.
Reading METARs and TAFs, understanding how weather affects a small drone, and how weight and balance change what your aircraft can do.
These areas and their weightings come from the FAA's Remote Pilot Airman Certification Standards (FAA-S-ACS-10B). Also worth knowing: from October 27, 2026, the UAG test begins including chart questions whose images sit inside the question rather than in the printed supplement — here's what that change means.
One payment, one full year of access. No renewing subscription, nothing to cancel. Costs less than a fifth of a single FAA test attempt.
No. Part 107 is a standalone certification — the FAA requires no flight training, no existing pilot certificate, and no aviation background. Our course assumes you're starting from zero and teaches the airspace and weather material from the beginning.
If you're flying purely for fun, you can fly recreationally after taking TRUST, which is free. But the moment your flying is for business, work, or any kind of compensation — real estate photos, inspections, wedding video, selling footage — you need a Part 107 remote pilot certificate. The commercial threshold catches more people than they expect.
14 to take the knowledge test, 16 to hold the remote pilot certificate. If you're 14 or 15 you can pass the test now and apply when you turn 16.
The certificate itself doesn't expire. To keep using its privileges you complete a free online recurrent training course every 24 calendar months. The FAA scrapped the old in-person recurrent exam back in 2021, so there's no recurrent test to sit and no fee.
There's no cap on attempts, but you wait 14 calendar days and pay the $175 test fee again. That's the main argument for over-preparing: a retake costs several times what this course does.
You'll complete FAA Form 8710-13 in IACRA using your 17-digit knowledge test exam ID, pass a TSA security background check, then print a temporary certificate and receive the permanent one by mail. You'll need an FAA Tracking Number (FTN) from IACRA before you test, so set that up first.
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