Loading and Performance
The change in ambient temperature that will increase density altitude.
What is an increase in temperature?
The checklist that an sUAS PIC can use before starting a mission to help ensure that the PIC is safe to do the job.
What is IMSAFE?
On a VFR sectional chart, an airfield is depicted with the color blue when is has this.
What is a control tower?
The wind and ceiling expected at LAX based upon the following TAF:TAF KLAX 171123Z 1712/1818 VRB03KT P6SM SCT250
What is winds are variable at 3 knots, with no ceiling (scattered clouds at 25,000 ft.)?
The type of manned aircraft that are required to give way to an sUAV.
What is no type?
The effect on performance of an sUAS with an increase in density altitude.
What is a decrease in performance?
The "E" in PAVE represents this.
What is External Pressures?
If a tower on a VFR Sectional Chart has the numbers 1548 and (1520) written next to it, this is the altitiude of the tower above the ground.
What is 1520 feet?
The standard pressure and temperature values at sea level.
What are 15 degrees celsius and 29.92 inHG
The number of days you have to report an accident with your sUAV that causes $700 worth of damage.
What is 10 days?
The load factor that an drone experiences in a level, 60 degree angle of bank turn.
What is 2 G's?
This hazardous attitude is associated with "fly first, ask questions later" thinking.
What is impulsivity?
The minimum visibility for an sUAS flight.
What is 3 SM?
Clouds are divided into four families according to this.
What is height?
Of the PIC, visual observer, and supplemental pilot, the sUAS crew member who is ultimately responsible for following the the FAA's VLOS rules.
Who is the PIC?
The angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the relative wind.
What is angle of attack?
An abnormal increase in the volume of air breathed in and out, often in response to a stressful situation, is called this.
What is hyperventilation?
Of airspace Classes A, B, C, D, E and G, this is the one an sUAS will never fly in (legally.)
What is Class A airspace?
The meaning of the suffix "nimbus" when used in the naming of clouds.
What is a rain cloud?
The weight limit for a drone to be considered an sUAV.
What is less than 55 lbs?
An airfoil stalls when this is exceeded.
What is the critical angle of attack?
The antidote for the hazardous attitude or "resignation."
What is "I am not helpless."?
The minimum cloud clearances for an sUAS flight.
What is 500 ft below and 2000 ft laterally?
The three conditions necessary for the formation of thunderstorms.
What are high humidity, lifting force, and unstable conditions?
The minimum weight limit for an sUAV to be required to be registered under FAA Part 107.
What is 0.55 pounds or 250 grams?