I started studying for the FAA Part 107 exam because I wanted to use drones for the kind of work I was already doing at CTRL Creative, from documenting construction progress to showing how a property fits into its neighborhood. As I got into the material, I kept coming back to the decisions I’d have to make before getting the shot. Where could I fly? What would make me change the route? When would I call it off?
I wanted one place to come back to each time I sat down to study, so I turned my plan into Flight Deck. I broke the material into 14 daily lessons and paired them with flashcards, quizzes, and practice scenarios. If you’re preparing for the same exam, you can use the workbook to build your own study routine.
What’s inside Flight Deck
- 14 daily lessons covering rules, airspace and charts, weather, loading and performance, and flight operations.
- 30 flashcards and 60 original practice questions with explanations so you can see why an answer works.
- Topic quizzes and two timed practice formats with a 30-question mock and a full 60-question rehearsal.
- Six construction and real estate scenarios plus a fillable tracker for your notes, answers, and weak topics.
The jobsite scenario I used for practice
The superintendent wants a repeatable overhead progress shot. A crane is swinging, workers are crossing the slab, and trucks are using the east gate. Where would you put the flight path, the launch point, and your backup landing spot?
My answer started with coordinating timing with the superintendent and planning a route that stayed clear of the crane, workers, and truck traffic. I also wrote down where I’d land if I had to cut the flight short. If the route couldn’t stay clear, I’d change the angle or wait for a better window. Working through a scenario like this gave me a way to connect the study material to the kind of work I wanted to do.
How I structured my study sessions
I built each study session around one lesson and a short recall drill. For the quizzes, I treated a guessed answer as something worth reviewing, even if it turned out to be right. The question I wanted to be able to answer was, “Why does this rule apply here?” I used that idea to build a tracker that made it easy to pick two topics to revisit next.
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