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Is your study material current?

Part 107 changed substantially between 2021 and 2025, and a great deal of self-study material still circulates unchanged. These are eight checks you can run in a few minutes against whatever you are using — including this site. Each one names the source that settles it, so you are not taking our word for any of them.

• It says night operations need a waiver

  It predates 21 April 2021. Routine night operation has not required a waiver since the Operations Over People final rule; it requires current knowledge or recurrent training and anti-collision lighting visible for 3 statute miles.

  14 CFR 107.29

• It treats flight over people as one safety tier

  It is incomplete. Subpart D sets four categories with different thresholds, and the line that matters most is that Category 3 may not conduct sustained flight over an open-air assembly at all.

  14 CFR Part 107 Subpart D

• It never lists the Remote ID message elements

  It will not prepare you for the question that is actually asked, which gives you a list and asks which item is not broadcast. The rule names eight elements, and aircraft telemetry such as battery state is not among them.

  14 CFR 89.305

• It takes exam weighting from the printed ACS appendix

  It is built on a blueprint the FAA retired on 29 September 2025. The current weighting lives in PSI’s Applicant Information Bulletin, and Regulations is now a far larger share than the old band.

  PSI UAG Applicant Information Bulletin

• It says every Class E needs ATC authorization

  It over-restricts. Authorization reaches Class E only within the lateral boundaries of a surface area designated for an airport. An extension off a Class C or D surface area is not that area, and most Class E begins at 700 or 1,200 ft AGL — above where you fly.

  14 CFR 107.41 · FAA JO 7210.3 ¶19-6-3

• Its chart questions cite figure numbers from the testing supplement

  It is training you to recognise specific figures rather than to read a chart. The FAA is embedding current sectional and IFR Low imagery directly into questions, so the figure in front of you may be one you have never seen.

  FAA Airman Testing Community Advisory

• Its answers have no citation you can follow

  You cannot check it, which means you cannot tell a current answer from a stale one. Any answer you cannot trace to a section number is a claim you are taking on trust.

  any primary source

• Its explanation only restates the right answer

  You will finish with a score but not with the knowledge. If you cannot say why each wrong option is wrong, that question is not finished, whatever the score says.

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Current sources are the start. How the questions built on them come back to you until they stick is in How study works here.

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LAANC (Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability) gives near-real-time ATC authorization to fly in controlled airspace at or below the charted grid ceilings. B4UFLY shows where you can and can't fly. The FAA approves several companies to provide both through their apps — pick any one:

Next steps: get certified & start flying

Passing the knowledge test is step 3. Here's the full path from zero to a Remote Pilot Certificate and legal flight.

1. 1
   Create an IACRA profile → get your FAA Tracking Number (FTN) →

   Required before you can register for the test.

2. 2
   Schedule the UAG knowledge test at a PSI testing center ($175) →

   60 scored questions plus 5 unscored validation items, 120 minutes, 70% to pass. No instructor endorsement needed; a 14-day wait applies after a failure. Bring a government photo ID.

3. 3

   Pass the test

   You’ll get a 17-digit exam ID (may take ~48 hours to appear in IACRA).

4. 4
   Complete FAA Form 8710-13 in IACRA →

   Submit for the TSA background check, then print your temporary certificate.

5. 5
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   And comply with Remote ID (standard, broadcast module, or fly in a FRIA).

6. 6
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   Use B4UFLY for where-you-can-fly, and LAANC for controlled-airspace authorization.

7. 7
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   Keeps your certificate valid — no retest required.

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