Welcome to session (1) Part (1) Rules
- Definitions
- Privileges and Responsibilities
- Accidents
- Registration / Inspections
- The Can and Cannots
- Waivers
Session (1) Part (2) Weather
- Weather Affecting Performance
- Wind
- Atmospheric Stability
- Thunderstorms
- Icing
- Fronts
- Fog
- Density Altitude
- Small Unmanned Aircraft (UA / sUAS)
- Model Aircraft PL 112-95 (336)
- Control Station
- Corrective Lenses
- Public Aircraft
- Remote Pilot In Command (PIC)
- Person Manipulating The Controls
- Visual Observer (VO)
- Designation Of Pilot In Command
- Mental And Medical Condition
- Only One At A Time
- Operation Poses No Undue Hazards
- Operation Within Regulations
- In Flight Emergency Deviation From Regulations
- Certification / Eligibility
- Five Hundred Dollar Rule
- Serious Injury (AIS Scale)
- 10 day reporting requirement (ROC / FSDO)
- When a registration is required - .55 / 55 lbs rule
- $5 Fee / Recreational and Business
- 3 year minimum
- Drone may be registered to 13 year old
- Hazardous Materials (49 CFR Part 173)
- UAS in Safe Condition For Flight
- Certain Airspace
- In The Vicinity Of Airports
- Daytime Flight (Civil Twilight)
- VLOS
- Speed Limits Of The Sky
- Altitude Limits (Structures)
- Visibility
- Clouds
- Right-of-Way
- Where People Are Concerned (Directly Involved, Not Directly involved, (Cover, Stationary Vehicle)
- Operating From A Moving Vehicle (Sparsely Populated)
- Hazardous Flight Operations
- Dropping Things
- Aeronautical Knowledge Recency (24 Months)
- Change Of Address
- Operations from a moving Vehicle
- Daylight Operations
- VLOS
- Visual Observer
- Operation of Multiple sUAS
- Yielding the right of way
- Operation over people
- Operation in certain airspace
- Operating limitations for sUAS
Considerations for sUAS flight performance
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Wind (Speed and Direction)
- Visibility
- Clouds
- Barometric Pressure
- Precipitation
- High Speeds vs. Drone Speed
- Differences At Altitude
- Turbulence (Uneven Surface Heating)
- Obstructions On The Ground
- Buildings / Mountains
- Air Masses and Fronts
Unstable Air
- Cumuliform Clouds
- Showery Precipitation
- Rough Air (Turbulence)
- Good Visibility
Stable Air
- Stratiform Clouds And Fog
- Continuous Precipitation
- Smooth Air
- Fair To Poor Visibility (Haze)
- Sufficient Water Vapor
- An Unstable Lapse Rate
- An Initial Lifting Force (Upward Boost)
- Updrafts / Downdrafts
- Hail
- Microbursts
- Lightning
- Wind Shear (20 NM Out)
- Vortex / Funnel / Tornado
Visible Moisture (Clouds / Rain)
Negative Effects On Performance
- Decreased Lift
- Weight Increase
- Stalling Speed Increase (Fixed Wing)
- Propeller Stall (Rotary Wing)
- Decreased Thrust
- Increased Drag
- Radiation
- Advection
- Upslope
- Precipitation Induced
- Steam Fog
Normal - Air density decreases
with altitude. Atmospheric pressure
determines what the air feels like at
the surface. Density altitude is a
"feels like" altitude assigned as equivalent to the height at a particular
altitude above sea level.
Lower density altitude decreases
performance.
It is also affected by temperature and
Humidity.
sUAS Certification Course
FOG
Assignment for next session:
Review: 14 CFR-Part 107
Study: Weather Reports and Coding
Google Drive Document - http://bit.ly/2nqDiED
Thunderstorms
Density Altitude
Cumulus
Mature
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Dissipating
ICING
WIND
Stable vs. Unstable Atmosphere
Instructor:
Willis W. Reese III, M.S.Ed
- 35 years of flight experience
- Licensed sUAS Pilot
- USI Instructor
- FAASTeam Drone Pro
Nuts and Bolts of Part 107
Fronts
WEATHER
Remote Pilot Privileges / Responsibility
Accidents
Waivers
Operations Risks and Mitigations
Definitions
Registration / Inspections
- FAA Inspections
- Documents (Pilot Cert, Registration, Waivers, etc.)
- Pre-Flight Inspection
But First !
This Is Not OK !!!
Unpacking Part 107 &
Weather Factors
Session Goals:
(1) Participants will have a full understanding
and working knowledge of Part 107.
(2) Participants will have an understanding of
the effects of weather on flight operations.
(3) Participants will have assignments to prepare for
our next session.