READY 107
In Person
Fairfield County, SC 5/16 & 5/17/2024 (Public Safety & Government Only)
READY 107 will prepare you to take the FAA remote pilot examination by teaching you all the topics required under 14 CFR 107.73 in an organized and easy to understand manner - all online. Learn from anywhere, on any device, on your own schedule.
What you'll learn
Accounting for 15 - 25% of the test, you will learn all the Part 107 regulations, with the most important ones to remember highlighted for you. We'll even give you a couple of easy ways to study and remember them, not only for the test, but to prepare you as a remote pilot.
Also accounting for 15 - 25% of the test, we will teach you all about the National Airspace System along with sectional charts and how to easily (and quickly) understand them. We'll give you some good options for practicing and we even include a special video lesson all about Dallas-Forth Worth airspace.
Aviation weather reports and weather theory will be about 11 - 16% of the test questions. You'll learn all about weather reports, including METARs and TAFs, how to decode them, and the theory portions of the weather they represent, and you'll get a practice plan to help this become second nature.
You will learn about the loading and performance of aircraft so you'll be ready to answer the 7 - 11% of the questions they make up on the test. We'll explain load factor charts, give you a quick and easy way to calculate the load factor (with and withouth a calculator) and more.
Representing 35 - 45% of the test, operations questions will make up the largest portion of what you'll see on test day. You'll learn about sUAS operations, emergency procedures, pre-flight inspections, and airport operations. This way you're ready to dominate at the testing center.
To help you retain your knowledge and put your new skills into action, we have several quizzes, practice tests and projects for you.
Course Details:
Join Atomic UAS as they team up with the Fairfield County (SC) Sheriff’s Office to bring READY 107 to the midlands of South Carolina. The course will start each day at 8:30 AM and run until 4:30 PM and will be held at the old National Guard Armory in Winnsboro, SC. This course is open to public safety and government attendees. This includes law enforcement, fire, emergency services, dispatch, including military (active, guard, reserves, state guard). Government employees including municpal, county, and state are also welcome to attend.
May 16 & 17, 2024
You'll get two full days of in-person training that includes hands on projects, explanations of tricky test questions, a mock exam, and more. Best of all, you can review any lesson you'd like, and take additional practice exams, all from our online READY 107 course.
Access our READY 107 training course from any place, any time, on any internet connected device and truly take control of your learning experience. With no specific meeting requirements or specific times to be online, this training works for you. This is included in your in-person registration at no extra expense.
Atomic UAS goes beyond the typical, watch the instructor talk at the screen video lesson format. Sure, we have those also, but we include creative learning methods to help you learn like, 3D airspace models, augmented reality, first person view videos, and more.
Syllabus
Module 1
In Module 1, you'll find out how our training is set up, learn more about the background of the instructor in both teaching and in drones, and get a feel for our learning management system. We'll also go over how the FAA small unmanned aircraft general test is structured, the process for applying for you remote pilot certificate, and more. You will also get to see how our quizzes and practice tests are setup.
Module 2
You'll learn all the Part 107 rules and regulations in Module 2 so you can avoid turbulence with the FAA. We'll cover general Part 107 definitions, general regulations, operating rules, remote pilot certification, operation over human beings, waivers, and Remote ID.
Module 3
Airspace is one of those topics where some students start to go sideways when studying for their remote pilot exam. Especially if this is all brand new to you. With us, we'll teach you all about the NAS (National Airspace System) including airspace classifications, explain the differences between controlled and uncontrolled airspace, dive into special use airspace, and look at TFRs and NOTAMs. If that wasn't enough, we're also going to look at the airspace classes built into 3D models that makes visualizing it that much easier.
Module 4
When you first look at a sectional chart, it looks like someone melted a box of crayons down, threw it on a map, and then set the map on fire. In Module 4, we will teach you how to take all that madness and make it smaller than it appears. We'll explain all the sections of the chart legend, how to pick information out on the chart, determine different classes of airspace, locate areas on the chart using latitude and longitude, and more. At the end of the module, we'll jump on SkyVector and show you an easy, simple, and free method to practice sectional charts - AND check to see if you're correct so you don't learn bad habits.
Module 5
As a future certificated remote pilot, you may be asking yourself a question right now. "Why do I have to learn about airport operations?" I know, I'm a mind reader. Anway, we'll explain the why in Module 5, which in a nutshell is so you can safely operate closer to airports than any rec pilot will get authorization to. You'll learn about traffic patterns, runways, right-of-way rules, and airport chart supplements.
Module 6
In this module you'll learn all about radio communications. Including the call signs and phonetic alphabet that make up aviation lingo, you'll learn about the communications procedures at towered and non-towered airports, and we will dive deeper into the dreaded "Where is the aircraft?" question that pops up on the remote pilot exam.
Module 7
What the TAF?!?!?! In Module 7, you'll learn about ASOS, AWOS, METARs, TAFs and an easy way to remember if they're giving you wind direction in true or magnetic north. You'll learn how to successfully decode METARs and TAFs. The last part of the module we'll show you how to practice so you can make quick work of your weather report questions come test time.
Module 8
So much weather theory you may try to start forecasting the local weather. We'll cover topics like density altitude, atmospheric conditions, wind, temperature & dew point, clouds, weather fronts, thunderstorms and more!
Module 9
Strap in and get ready to learn about UAS Operations in Module 9. We'll cover how to make sure you're good to go as the pilot, the science of flight, emergency procedures, night operations, and compliance & logging.
Module 10
We'll round the course out with aeronautical decision making where we'll cover all the aspects that go into crew resource management. We'll also look at risk, mitigation, the hazardous attitude and antidotes in aviation, and several FAA checklists to help keep things safe and efficient.
BEYOND Module 10
While you will be familiar with all the topics on the remote pilot exam once you click "finish" on Module 10, you'll need a little extra study and practice before you're ready to ace that test. That's why we've got information for you, beyond Module 10. And these aren't recycled YouTube videos thrown at you as "bonus" content. You'll get a study guide, checklists for daily practice, a study schedule, 5 full length practice tests with video explanations for correct answers, and more.
Your instructor
BJ Mullinax is a former police officer and law enforcement instructor from South Carolina. With a LE career that spanned 15 years, he first began flying drones for crash-scene mapping in 2017. In 2022, he left law enforcement to become a full-time drone survey pilot. He has logged hundreds of hours of flight time and over 7,000 hours of instructional time.
What students are saying
FAQs
Schedules get juggled, shifts get short-handed, you know the drill. We understand that public safety is ever changing. That's why we make it easy to transfer a registration to another attendee. There is no deadline either. They can show up the morning of the first day and let us know who's slot they're taking.
As part of our in-person training, we will conduct one full-length FAA style practice exam on the last day of the course. We'll also go over all the question explanations and answer any questions anyone may have. You'll also get several more practice exams that can be found on your online course access. We'll get everyone registered for the online access during the in person training.
If something comes up and you just can't attend the in-person training, several options exist. First, we can give you access to the online course and refund any difference in pricing. Second, we can give you access to the online training and transfer your in person access to the next available training date. Third, we can give you a refund, minus 5% processing fees, if a request for a refund is made at least 5 days before the start of the course.
We make every effort to make we get enough attendees to make every class a go, but sometimes, things happen, and we may have to cancel a class due to low attendance. If that happens, we can offer you the online only version of the course and refund any price difference that may exist. We can also give you a full refund. In the event we cancel the class, there will be no processing fee subtraction. In the event a class would be cancelled, you will be contacted at least one calendar week prior to the start date to accommodate any travel cancellations you may need to make.